[G Larry]

We really need to be asking the "experts":

"How many Americans have died from the SEASONAL FLU this year?"

They have no answer.

[brookwood]

“How many Americans have died from the SEASONAL FLU this year?”

https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/mortality.html

Last season was estimated to be 34,000 over 52 weeks.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2017-2018.htm