What he is saying is true, but it's a few days old. Covid-19 has now killed about as many as the flu has this year. The official numbers for cases of covid-19 don't mean much though.
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https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm according to these numbers, the number of covid-19 deaths is about 1/3 to 1 times the number of flu deaths.
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But we don't know if the flu deaths are the main cause or a secondary cause. (or do we?) So far it seems that most Covid deaths are secondary to a pre-existing co-morbidity.
I think it's the same with flu.
The CDC numbers are US specific. Global flu death are estimated at 290,000 to 650,000 per year in recent history. Current Covid deaths at 20,700 in a 4 month period.
Thanks, I searched for world numbers but I guess I got the wrong ones.