[larrywright]

This, but also because Covid is far more easily transmitted than the flu, measures like masks, hand washing, etc were actually highly effective at stopping the spread of the flu.

[steanne]

...to the point of extinction, for at least one strain.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/covid-may-have-pushe...

[o11c]

Probably also the fact that Covid wiped out much of the target demographic.

In the US, a bad flu kills around 1K people per week during the winter. Covid killed 5K people per week even during the summer, for 2 years.

If Covid deaths continue to drop, next winter might finally be comparable to that "just a bad flu".

[beenBoutIT]

The low hanging fruit can't be picked twice.

That, and how many unhealthy/vulnerable people just die on average week for no particular reason? Seems like at least some of those individuals should be cases of a flu/virus taking the credit for something that may have happened on its own regardless. Reminds me of these uncommon 'horror stories' of young people dying the first time they did a bump of cocaine - all of them had very serious underlying issues that they were unaware of to begin with.