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I dedicate this post to everyone who keeps saying, “COVID is just the flu now.”

In the most recent complete report weeks:

#COVID19 hospitalizations: 15,756
#Flu hospitalizations: 1,607

COVID deaths: 1,262
Flu deaths: 14

Most COVID deaths in a week THIS YEAR: 3,866

Most flu deaths in a week SINCE 2019: 1,048

Yep, exactly the same!

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_weeklyhospitaladmissions_select_00

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_weeklydeaths_select_00

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm