[craydandy]

Quite the opposite. Covid is dangerous for elderly and people having severe medical condition, much, much less dangerous for young and healthy. Flu is more dangerous to young people than Covid.

Flu also causes hospitalizations in comparable amounts to Covid[1]. Note that we have a vaccine for flu, and it is still causing almost a million hospitalizations in bad seasons.

[craydandy]

And here's the missing reference:

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html

[jonathanstrange]

...because people do not get vaccinated.

[gridlockd]

Keep in mind that the vaccine has, on average, efficacy of 50%.

[jonathanstrange]

Yes, I bore that in mind when I made the statement. Especially the younger people the GP talked about do not bother getting flu shots. If everyone got vaccinated, the yearly influenza waves would result in way fewer deaths.

Since you can get both influenza and Covid-19, even at the same time, German health authorities have strongly recommended getting flu shots and started the vaccination campaign earlier this year. It's good advice. Get your flu shot!