You mixed up your numbers. 3-5 Mio SEVERE CASES, not overall infections. > Worldwide, these annual epidemics are estimated to result in about 3 to 5 million ca

You mixed up your numbers. 3-5 Mio SEVERE CASES, not overall infections. > Worldwide, these annual epidemics are estimated to result in about 3 to 5 million cases of severe illness, and about 290 000 to 650 000 respiratory deaths. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/influenza-(seasonal) https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/influenza-(... > The flu has resulted in 9.3 million to 49 million illnesses each year in the United States since 2010. Each year, on average, five to 20 percent of the United States population gets the flu. https://www.healthline.com/health/influenza/facts-and-statistics https://www.healthline.com/health/influenza/facts-and-statis... Let's assume 10 mil Corona cases in US (like flu lower bound), with 2% mortality. That's 200k deaths. If we assume 49 mil cases (flu higher bound), it's 1 mil deaths just in US.