I thought WebMD did a pretty good job of sorting out what's what.

https://www.webmd.com/lung/new...-tell-us-about-covid

Also this article about the IHME's revised numbers and an interview with Chris Murray.

https://www.npr.org/sections/h...covid-19-projections

Worst flu year I could find stats for on the CDC website was 61,000 for a year. In 8 months we've lost nearly 190,000 people to COVID. And who knows how many may have long term problems as a result of an infection....

I think it's safe to say this isn't the flu....