The flu is no slouch. I’m cherry picking a bit but for the US in 2017-2018: “CDC estimates that the burden of illness during the 2017–2018 season was high wit

The flu is no slouch. I’m cherry picking a bit but for the US in 2017-2018: “CDC estimates that the burden of illness during the 2017–2018 season was high with an estimated 45 million people getting sick with influenza, 21 million people going to a health care provider, 810,000 hospitalizations, and 61,000 deaths from influenza.” https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden-averted/2017-2018.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden-averted/2017-2018.htm The panic is at least in part responsible for the present havoc that has been caused to the healthcare system (again in the US). Forecast havoc is all disease. Interesting side effect of the social distancing is that it has materially reduced influenza numbers as well. Take a look at some of the recent stats at https://healthweather.us https://healthweather.us. Many states are dropping below average fever counts. Except Florida.