Apples and Oranges

If one looks long enough, one can find actual data which sheds some light on the The Very Unstable Lunatic's (and his zealots) notion that Covid-19 is just another inconsequential flu. Well, here's 2017 data for flu:

1 - 4      104
5 - 14     113
15 - 24    190
25 - 44      0
45 - 64      0
65+     46,862

As should be obvious, seasonal flu wipes out geezers, many of whom are out of sight in long-term care facilities. They aren't going to restaurants or workplaces where they can infect others.

Here's data so far by age group for Covid-19

1 - 4        2
5 - 14       3
15 - 24     42
25 - 44    985
45 - 64  6,617
65+     29,655

As is painfully obvious, while still skewed towards geezers, there's still considerable weight in the income earning groups. Moreover, recall that ILI numbers are statistical estimates, since flu isn't generally recorded explicitly, while what we have now is explicitly Covid-19 as cause of death. Now that ships, tightly packed production lines, convents, jails, and such are being recognized as Covid-19 havens, I expect (don't you?) that the death toll among the income earning groups will head upward. And, naturally, when those bidnezzez in isolated locations in Red states find their staff disappearing, The Very Unstable Lunatic will send them much moolah and bar them from being liable for sickness and death among their workforces. Let's party like it's 1850!!!