>However, we need to compare COVID-19 to Influenza to get some perspective. I would argue that Influenza is worse than COVID, for the simple reason that it kill

>However, we need to compare COVID-19 to Influenza to get some perspective. I would argue that Influenza is worse than COVID, for the simple reason that it kills more young people and children. The average age of a COVID fatality is higher than life expectancy. Influenza destroys more years of life. I think that's a very good point. And also one of the reasons the perspectives differ so much. However we don't know yet about the long-term effect of COVID on younger people. It could still very well lead to a decreased quality of life for young people as we've seen in other posts about scarring of the lungs and permanent fatigue. Granted influenza can cause similar after effects (like pericarditis and permanent fatigue), but it appears to be less frequent.