Then they should stop comparing the "death rates" since they aren't apples to apples.The statistics for Covid 19 are skewed. The reported "death rate" for Covid 19 is based upon the number of deaths divided by the number of "Confirmed" cases. By contrast, the reported "death rate" for the flu is calculated like this:
How CDC Estimates the Burden of Seasonal Influenza in the U.S. | CDC
Links to key resources on the burden of influenza - CDCwww.cdc.gov
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Why isn't this method being used for Covid 19?
because they don't have the data of years of flu seasons to provide the factors needed to extrapolate the COVID data to the entire US population.