You can argue if that warrants the measures we've gone through to this point or not, it's hard to say
https://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/23129.jpeg
FLU typically kills 30-60k people each year in the US.
I think its safe to say we'll end up at 300,000+ COVID deaths. Not sure if we'll push to the high end of that at 600k, but 300k is virtually assured.
Normal FLU season = 1 in 12,000 Americans dies
Covid season = 1 in 1,200 Americans die
That's a big difference, but still not a statistically significant portion of the populace
Edited by Joeboo at 16:43:53 on 12/03/20