Current Events > Wait so the coronavirus is basically just the flu right?

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Damn_Underscore
03/02/20 7:13:06 PM
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It has more of a chance to kill than the flu but it's not like people should be living in fear right?
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Antifar
03/02/20 7:13:53 PM
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It's a flu we don't have a vaccine for
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Malcrasternus
03/02/20 7:15:05 PM
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It's the flu, but like, Kaio-ken x4.

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Damn_Underscore
03/02/20 7:15:38 PM
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Antifar posted...
It's a flu we don't have a vaccine for


Most Americans don't get a flu shot though.
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Gobstoppers12
03/02/20 7:16:04 PM
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It's more contagious than the flu, at least. Wash your hands and use sanitizer, ladies and gentlemen.

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NeonOctopus
03/02/20 7:16:26 PM
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colliding
03/02/20 7:16:31 PM
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The mortality rate for the flu is .1% The mortality rate for coronavirus is 1-2%, so a pretty big difference in lethality.
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Returning_CEmen
03/02/20 7:17:05 PM
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Antifar posted...
It's a flu we don't have a vaccine for
The flu shot is a guess on what strain of the flu we will get too
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Damn_Underscore
03/02/20 7:17:18 PM
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Malcrasternus posted...
It's the flu, but like, Kaio-ken x4.


What was the 1918 Spanish flu?
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Damn_Underscore
03/02/20 7:19:36 PM
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colliding posted...
The mortality rate for the flu is .1% The mortality rate for coronavirus is 1-2%, so a pretty big difference in lethality.


That's only 10-20x, which is not that much. And no one is afraid of being killed by the flu or lives in fear of the flu at all.
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I Like Toast
03/02/20 7:20:17 PM
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According to CDC data through Feb. 22, this year there have been at least 32 million cases of flu in the United States, 310,000 hospitalizations and 18,000 flu deaths,

According to the World Health Organization statistics released Saturday, there are 85,403 confirmed cases of the coronavirus worldwide and 2,838 deaths

https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/comparing-coronavirus-flu/E4NZVS6BO5AABPCVVWDS222H7I/

So its killed about 1/9th the people with 300x less cases.

Just watch john Oliver's video. You shouldn't be panicking, but you probably want to be extra careful with washing your hands.


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legendarylemur
03/02/20 7:37:23 PM
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Yeah just practice good hygienes, maybe avoid crowded cities/events/bars. If you live in a suburb, your chances are even more astronomically low

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DundiesAward
03/02/20 7:38:29 PM
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If its like the flu I wonder how many of the flu deaths in US last couple months were undetected coronavirus deaths.

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MelzezDoor
03/02/20 7:43:47 PM
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Yes it is. But it's the Covid-19 virus that's all over the news that we need to research more.
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Dragonblade01
03/02/20 7:52:24 PM
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You shouldn't be paranoid, but underselling the virus isn't helpful. 1-2% is absolutely not small when it comes to the mortality rate of a highly infectious disease for which we have no effective vaccine.
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