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"while it's deadlier than the flu, it's not that much deadlier" From just a week ago: "Covid deaths three times higher than flu and pneumonia"[1] And that's
by pmoriarty 6y ago
"while it's deadlier than the flu, it's not that much deadlier"
From just a week ago: "Covid deaths three times higher than flu and pneumonia"[1]
And that's taking in to account all the lockdown, mask-wearing, and social distancing measures. Without those it'd be even worse.
[1] - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54463511 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54463511
- HarryHirsch 6y agoThere's also the issue that cases of flu are remarkably low this year because of all the mask wearing, social distancing &c. Comparing apples to apples, coronaplague is about 10 times as deadly as annual flu.
- pmoriarty 6y ago"cases of flu are remarkably low this year because of all the mask wearing, social distancing &c." And yet if COVID-19 was no more dangerous than the flu you'd expect to see equal result form those mask wearing and social distancing measures.. but you don't. COVID-19 is just way more deadly.
- guenthert 6y agoCOVID-19 is just way more deadly than the typical flu might be true, but it is telling not much more than claiming COVID-19 is way more deadly than the common cold. Less than 217000 people died of COVID-19 during the epidemic in the USA while some 1.5 million people died from other causes in the same time frame. Why the obsession with COVID-19?
- anoncake 6y ago> coronaplague Go ahead, make people not take you seriously.