Originally Posted by FlewUnderWires

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/flu-has-disappeared-worldwide-during-the-covid-pandemic/

“The U.S. saw about 600 deaths from influenza during the 2020-2021 flu season. In comparison, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated there were roughly 22,000 deaths in the prior season and 34,000 two seasons ago.“

This seems to contradict both common claims that covid is “just a flu” and that “mitigation efforts were ineffective/useless”

For reference, we are averaging over 600 covid deaths every day.