> I don't have sources for the flu. Just look at the RIVM site. It's probably higher than you specified, closer to 6-7k average per year, with massive differen

> I don't have sources for the flu. Just look at the RIVM site. It's probably higher than you specified, closer to 6-7k average per year, with massive differences. > on average 5 people are dying per day (1825 per year) This is a bit of a dishonest comparison. You're looking at the numbers from before the expected peak, since it's still incredibly warm in the Netherlands right now and peaks seem to happen when it gets colder. So it'll probably be closer to 4000 per year. While that still seems less than the flu, it's important to realize that the most vulnerable people are now getting vaccinated multiple times a year for covid. A lot of people who never got a flu shot are also being vaccinated. Then there's the fact that a lot of people are still distancing more than they used to. There's more work from home, many people still stay home when they have covid, while in the past, many people prided themselves for going to work with the flu. It's really hard to compare historic flu statistics with current covid statistics, because the way we handle covid is still very different from how we used to handle the flu. Therefore your conclusion is misguided. Now I really don't care whether you care about covid, but at lease the interpretation of the statistics should be correct and you missed a ton of details. [1] https://www.rivm.nl/monitoring-sterftecijfers-nederland https://www.rivm.nl/monitoring-sterftecijfers-nederland