The COVID numbers I cited are weekly reported cases, not hospitalizations. I added a retraction message above.
The total US deaths reported by CDC today are 616,459 over an 18 month period, which is more than 100 times the fatality-rate of flu in both the years you cite.
The vaccine uptake means we should not see the awful rates of early 2021 again. We should focus on getting more vaccine uptake rather than mask debates.
2017-2018 saw an estimated 710,000 hospitalizations, the worst year on record.
CDC Flu: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season-2017-2018.ht...
The COVID numbers I cited are weekly reported cases, not hospitalizations. I added a retraction message above.
The total US deaths reported by CDC today are 616,459 over an 18 month period, which is more than 100 times the fatality-rate of flu in both the years you cite.
CDC COVID: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrends...
The vaccine uptake means we should not see the awful rates of early 2021 again. We should focus on getting more vaccine uptake rather than mask debates.