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Isn’t all flu growth exponential over the season then dies down? Apparently Australia had a bad flu season last year: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7148553/Horror-grap...

Yes, seasonal flu starts exponentially, but people don't understand exponential growth and its limits.

There's a vaccine for the flu. That makes a huge difference, even if the diseases were otherwise just as bad as each other.