In U. S. When the Influenza Virus Killed as Many as Hundred-Thousand Americans Why No Shortages of Equipment?

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This year in the U. S. about 22,000 people have died by viruses (the vast majority by the common flu), in previous years many more, up to 100,000 deaths by viruses (the vast majority by the common flu), yet only this year has there been mass hysteria about the shortage of medical equipment and protective gear, this year when only about 200 have died by the wuhan virus, scare-hoax perhaps?