Not true!
Here's a graph that explains rates...
...The most crucial difference between the flu and the coronavirus is that the latter has been far deadlier. Whereas about 0.1% of people who get the flu die, the coronavirus' death rate is now at about 3.4%, based on the current numbers of cases and deaths....
...During the 2018-19 season, about one out of every 1,000 people who got the flu died....
...While the flu's death rate is low, it varies depending on the strains circulating each year. The flu virus also mutates rapidly, so people can get infected by different strains, which is why the shot isn't 100% effective and why new vaccines are developed every year.....