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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

This will become seasonal once larger scale immunity is present and then will reduce further when effective vaccination is possible.

The main difference between this and flu is that it's new and thus large numbers can become infected at once, swamping the healthcare system and condensing deaths into a protracted time period.

Lockdown is to stop that from happening and manage the spread, which can hopefully be contained in pockets post-lockdown (this remains to be seen, we'll see what happens in China).

The lockdown is not to eliminate Covid-19, and realistically, people need to stop believing that it's going anywhere or they're just setting themselves up for a fresh shock. It can't currently be treated like flu because its new; and not everyone catches flu all at once. That's the major difference. Over time, while the disease is NOT flu, the management of it will become EXACTLY like flu. There will be seasonal Covid-19 in the years to come and a yearly death figure (probably similar to flu) is something that is just inevitable.

Again if it is not flu why would it be seasonal?