Ok, let's take a look at the math. The CDC breaks down flu deaths by year, hence the 60k(which is the upper end of the scale, by the way). As of post time, the US is sitting at *checks notes* 40,416 deaths over roughly 6.5 weeks. Why 6.5 weeks? Because dividing 52 by 8 gives us 6.5, and I try to keep math easy for my own sanity. Now since Covid-19 has no known season of effectiveness, we could multiply the current deaths by 8 to get a possible total of 323,328 dead in a year, but that could be a higher end. Since the flu season can last up to 6 months, let's multiply the deaths by 4 instead, giving us 161,664 dead, or just a shade under 2.7 times the body count of a terrible flu season. That's with social distancing at least slowing the illness down, which if relaxed prematurely, will likely explode out of control and do far greater damage than the simple inconvenience of damaging the economy.