On average in the US, the flu's death rate is .1%, while the coronavirus' death rate is 5.2%.
Both viruses are most deadly for the elderly. The flu kills .83% of infected people above age 65, whereas the coronavirus's death rate is 10.4% for infected people from age 65 to 74, 20.8% for the 75-84 group, and 30.1% for people over 85.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/coronavir...222400931.html
10.4% death rate for people aged 65-74. Those people are still out and about, in the workforce etc.
Fuck, I would not be going outside if I was in that age group or higher.