It is not politicizing to point out that these are different viruses that cause different diseases. Quite a lot of people do not understand the extent of the d

It is not politicizing to point out that these are different viruses that cause different diseases. Quite a lot of people do not understand the extent of the differences, in part because of repeated comparisons to the flu from earlier in the pandemic--comparisons which we now know were based on incomplete early impressions of the new disease. Yes there is significant overlap in symptoms--hence the early comparisons. There are also significant differences. Are these differences enough to produce complications worse than the flu? There's not enough evidence yet to know. I'm not saying "we're sure COVID-19 will have worse complications than the flu." I'm saying we don't know either way, so it's irresponsible to cite flu studies to imply we're sure there won't be worse complications than the flu.