[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by James

But it still kills about 18,000 people a year and that could be reduced with stronger measures.

Also there's years when the flu vaccine is not well matched to the strain that is going about, and it doesn't do much good. More about that here -
https://www.insider.com/how-effective-is-the-flu-shot

I've read a lot of medical experts saying that comparing this to flu is a mistake. We've done all we can to mitigate risks with the flu, and as a society we accept that there are risks in daily life. Same reason no one wants to ban cars or planes.

The early government guesstimate for Covid-19 was that letting it go would cause over 200,000 deaths, and that's the figure that came out, so it's probably closer to 500,000. That's why Boris had to change tact to now put us in lockdown.