In the US, we are currently sitting at 21k deaths (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_t...) after states slowly started locking down throughout March and this month. There are also several stories of hotspots having completely overburdened hospitals with patients dying in hallways. The medical system currently in place is stretched to its absolute limit in many places.

Contrast that with the previous 2018-2019 Flu season, where 34k died with 0 lock downs of any kind. Source: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.html

This is nothing like the flu.