If we compare, for instance, the number of people who died in the United States from COVID-19 in the second full week of April to the number of people who died from influenza during the worst week of the past seven flu seasons (as reported to the CDC), we find that the novel coronavirus killed between 9.5 and 44 times more people than seasonal flu. In other words, the coronavirus is not anything like the flu: It is much, much worse.
(Someone may be wondering what this has to do with Airbnb hosting. As I have said many times over the years, Airbnb is risky. Warning! Don't depend on Airbnb!. Anyone who sticks their head in the sand and ignores 85% of the doctors and scientists has a good chance of being disappointed in the coming year. If you keep relying on bad information from unreliable sources you are squandering your opportuniy to be better prepared for the future.)