One more data point here, I too do not know of anyone who has died (or even been hospitalized) with influenza, despite my having a large social circle including

One more data point here, I too do not know of anyone who has died (or even been hospitalized) with influenza, despite my having a large social circle including plenty of elderly. I don't know of anyone who has died of covid yet, but our county has only had single digits confirmed cases yet. One of which is a well known farmer in the area, and he is hospitalized currently.