Proposal

Every year the seasonal flu (H1N1) kills between 11,000 and 95,000 Americans ... see: Seasonal Flu Statistics. This new Wuhan flu (COVID-19) is now estimated to kill 60,000 of us this year ... which has caused us to close down our economy almost completely ... see: New Model Estimates

Following this Wuhan-flu logic, might we not ...  from now on ... close down our US economy during our seasonal flu outbreak ... late Fall, Winter and early Spring ... every year? And everyone must wear masks and social-distance from each other?

Pandemics

For those who want more specifics on our past pandemics, here are some write-ups. I suspect that, the Wikipedia entries might be politically shaded, but nevertheless, since you may have lots of time on your hands, here is a way to spend it.

Spanish flu (1919) — Wikipedia Entry

Asian flu (1957) — Britannica Entry

Hong Kong flu (1968) — Britannica Entry

SARS (2003) — Wikipedia Entry

Swine flu (2009) — Wikipedia Entry

MERS (2012) — Wikipedia Entry

Wuhan flu (2020) — Wikipedia Entry