You're forgetting that we spend considerable time and effort tackling flu with national programmes of vaccination every year, and multi-national coordinated mon

You're forgetting that we spend considerable time and effort tackling flu with national programmes of vaccination every year, and multi-national coordinated monitoring programmes -- the Global Influenza Surveillance & Response System. https://www.who.int/influenza/en/ https://www.who.int/influenza/en/ Have a look at some charts comparing death rates for flu and covid-19. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jbloom/CoV_vs_flu_CFR/master/CFR-stats.jpg https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jbloom/CoV_vs_flu_CFR/mast... https://twitter.com/vote4dongshen/status/1236136262039416832/photo/1 https://twitter.com/vote4dongshen/status/1236136262039416832... Covid-19 is not just another flu. Also, the choice is not "deal with flu or coronavirus", it's "deal with flu and coronavirus as well". We already see winter pressure in most health care systems because of flu season, and adding coronavirus on top is going to be pretty devastating.