Who knows what the real number is. Guaranteed higher or lower than the reported number.
But, some perspective is important:
CDC estimates that influenza has resulted in between 9 million – 45 million illnesses, between 140,000 – 810,000 hospitalizations and between 12,000 – 61,000 deaths annually since 2010.
Reminds of a sitcom perhaps called Alice? She worked in a diner?
And Arlo Guthrie tube - You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant.