The point was comparing reported COVID deaths to statistically extrapolated flu deaths is apples to oranges. What you quoted was a comparison of reported deaths to reported deaths.
I think comparing just reported deaths is probably even worse, the rate of undercounting of flu deaths and undercounting of covid deaths (in a pandemic with a ton of testing / heightened observation) is not going to be comparable.
Definitely. My takeaway is we should be skeptical of any comparison between COVID and flu statistics.
"Comparing reported COVID deaths to statistically extrapolated flu deaths is apples to oranges"
I suppose this would be a better title of the article.