On: Social distancing slowing not only Covid-19, but other diseases too

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I'm not sure what you're basing your assertion on, but the estimated number of symptomatic flu illnesses ranges from 9.3 million to 45 million annually over the past decade, which as I said is roughly from between 3 and 15% of the US population.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/past-seasons.html