Quote Originally Posted by Aldo1983 View Post
From US statistics alone; top line deaths were approximately 60,000 people dying of the flu in a year. So far the death count for Covid is 200,000 and that's without a cold season.
Indeed. A new flu pandemic would be something to behold though. Fortunately there are antivirals, and a 'flu jab that works most of the time with the variants of the virus in circulation. Flu and Covid19 this winter though? Not a good combination.

The reason why some of this is being handled badly? The powers that be binned their pandemic plan a while back, hence the continual reactive nature of measures being taken.