Flu stats, page-5

Using those rates.
nearly 200,000 covid infections would be needed to have 4000 fatalities.
we have had 34,000 infections in 19 months.
Admittedly, with lockdowns.
incidentally, becasuse of the lockdowns and covid , we have had virtually no influenza deaths over the last 19 months as i understand.
So we better of , overall.
Less Aussies have died. Even with Covid around