Well then, you must really be concerned about ebola...it has something like a 80% mortality.
The truth is the mortality rates of the flu vary from year to year depending on the strain and how many people got vaccinated. In the 2017-18 season, over 80,000 people died in the US related to the flu. Anyone remember the country being closed down that winter? I do remember that we had isolation cart in front of almost every patient room that winter and our unit took patients that we normally wouldn't take since we also took overflow postpartum and newborn couplets.
There is no set figure...and it is silly to argue over which is more deadly since we will never have a real count of most of the flu cases or the Covid19 cases. At best, we will have how many of the people sick enough for hospitalization died.
I have had both. Hospitalized for neither. Given the option, I'd take the Covid19 every time...but I got a light case and was not run down like the times I have had the flu. Honestly, December's unnamed "flu-like" virus was worse than either. I get that some people are getting very sick...but they are also getting very sick related to the flu and the "flu-like" virus. The very sick and died group is the minority for all three viruses. The luxury of living in a first world country. Fighting over death rates is definitely a "first world problem". It is more deadly and dangerous in third world cultures and will continue to be long after we don't think about Covid19 anymore.
The better fight would be what populations are most susceptible and need our help, both financially and with manpower. I hope as soon as we get our feet under us and our economy going again, that we don't forget those that won't get back to normal for a very long time...and their "normal" is nowhere near our standards of living.
I also hope that hospitals and states take having a pandemic emergency plan will finally become a priority to the point that protocols and planning becomes more than lip service.