Before COVID, the Flu kills on average 30,000 Americans from an estimated infection population of 30 million. That's 1:12 for odds of catching the Flu. From zero patients.
With COVID, knowing there's over 6 Million positive cases from an unknown amount of those really infected, but is expected to be much much higher. Not good odds of not catching one or the other this winter. At least you can do something about the Flu. Especially if you don't believe wearing masks will help.