I thought the pushback on the comparison to flu was the conclusion that's intended to draw. The 2018 flu outbreak hospitalized approximately 710,000 Americans[0

I thought the pushback on the comparison to flu was the conclusion that's intended to draw. The 2018 flu outbreak hospitalized approximately 710,000 Americans[0]. Public health professionals generally thing flu should have more public attention, so saying we should be unconcerned because now we have another disease as impactful as flu, I can see them objecting. 0. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html