It seems the reason for this is to downplay covid-19. As if that outcome is what the whole world is freaking out over.
If anything you should see those numbers and ask yourself. What if it were exponentially worse?
That is also under the assumption that hospitals will not overrun. Which they will.
Don't plan on having any injuries this year.
Even a milder flu like in 2009 could reach 59 million and COVID-19 can be exponentially worse. That is really the only take away. We need to discuss this in the open to bring that truth to light. I agree with some of the folks here who said many could see it another way and take light view of the situation. What exactly can make them see it differently though?
"See, told you, just a bad flu." would be the expected response.
And currently a large part of the public thinks it is a regular flu. So showing them an example of something else that was scary that didn't amount to anything (compared to what we are risking now) is helping exactly how?
No one is disputing the higher death rates but somehow has this feeling that this won't be as bad as other flu incidents?
I felt this was a good reminder that what many fear is going to be true. That 60-70% of population is likely going to be infected. Because that is what happened in the past. It's not going to go away in a few weeks.