> Across every age group (except children) Covid is roughly 5x to 10x deadlier than the flu. Two points: a) 'Flu' is a different disease than respiratory vira

> Across every age group (except children) Covid is roughly 5x to 10x deadlier than the flu. Two points: a) 'Flu' is a different disease than respiratory viral diseases. (A.k.a. "common colds".) Covid is a kind of respiratory viral disease. b) "Common colds" are also deadly and cause a huge number of deaths each year. They just get classified as deaths from stroke or heart attack, not the common cold: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=does%20the%20common%20cold%20cause%20strokes https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=does%20the%20common%20... So counting mortality rates is not a simple issue and depends a lot on cultural factors, political incentives, etc.