It seems pretty clear that the systemic effects of COVID-19 are much worse than those of seasonal flu. You don't see news of hospitals struggling to cope with seasonal flu the way we've seen now. You don't have Italian doctors triaging patients with the flu.
Don't actually see places struggling with this and coronavirus ... most of the overflow hospitals were empty.
In places that have largely opened their economies back up we're not seeing any overwhelming of hospitals.
We're also not seeing this in Sweden who never locked down.
Flatening the curve could have been a myth, an incorrect response. There's no evidence showing that it was effective compared to control groups like Sweden and regions with reopened economies.
