link to original reddit post by /u/mrpenguin_86
On average...
1200 people died of covid about 16 days ago
1000 people died of Covid 7 days ago.
800 people died of Covid yesterday.
In 2017-2018, annualized, about 170 people died per day from the flu.
In about 2 or 3 weeks, ask your friends if a bad flu season is worth keeping the economy shut down.