> when 80,000 Americans died over a ~6 month flu season Where are you getting that number? CDC estimates 27k: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.h

> when 80,000 Americans died over a ~6 month flu season Where are you getting that number? CDC estimates 27k: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.html https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.html which puts it below current COVID numbers by a big chunk. > We didn’t keep kids from school At this point schools are largely closed because there are too many teachers out sick to teach effectively. There isn't a particularly simple answer here.