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> Coronaviruses ARE one of the flu types. No, influenza is not a coronavirus. > Note that Covid-19 is SARS2 - SARS1 was 10 years ago. I don't know what this
by seoaeu 4y ago
> Coronaviruses ARE one of the flu types.
No, influenza is not a coronavirus.
> Note that Covid-19 is SARS2 - SARS1 was 10 years ago.
I don't know what this has to do with my comment, but if we're going to be pedantic, Covid-19 is the disease caused by the SARS‑CoV‑2 virus.
- anamax 4y agoThe 35-75k deaths/year isn't just influenzas. Do you really want to argue that the public health community was saying "hey, we're only interested in influenza" when they used various pandemics to argue for funding for the last 80+ years? (Influenza wasn't even distinguished until the mid 30s.) Yes, Covid-19 is SARS2. My point is that SARS1 was 10 years ago, which is plenty of time for the public health community to do relevant research and yet .... Do you want to bet that they didn't fundraise off of SARS1 specifically? And yet...