Yes, though factor in how many get it.

In this case say 100 people got SAR - 10 people die Now Flu - 1000 people get that and - same net result.

Lets face it, how many got SARS in total - less than 10k How many people catch the flu each year? - millions litterly millions.

But as with most of these - it is overall health and underlying preexisting conditions that can and do skew statistics and not all countries log things to the same standard.

You are forgetting that highly aggressive measures are put in place to fight SARS.

If you did what China is doing now to deal with flu, you'd drastically cut transmission rates.

We got lucky last time. Does it seem logical to you that China would put half the country, 750 million people, on lockdown and crash the economy if it was just some flu equivalent? China’s actions speak for itself.

How many people you know ever got Sars? Now how many people you know ever got the flu? That is literally the major difference betweena killer that makes headlines and a silent killer that no one notices.