People also need to stop focusing on the Mortality rate and take in the big picture. How many people with the Flu end up in ICU on a Ventilator? Off the top of my head, 15-20% of COVID-19 cases end up in Hospital, 5% being Critical. The Hospitals simply cannot cope with that (look at Italy). How many other people will suffer (or die) from non COVID-19 related illnesses/accidents simply because the Hospitals cannot cope with the volume of patients?
Secondly, those who do recover from being in ICU often have life long lung scaring which could potentially shorten their lives. A 40 Year old who survives COVID-19 today could die of the Flu years later due to Lung damage.
This is not just a bad Flu.