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Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet? by coldtea on Monday February 24, 2020 @09:49AM (#22404382)
The difference is we know what the flu can do and how bad it usually gets. And it's less lethal -- it's just more cases that's why there are lots more deaths with flu.

But that wont necessarily the case if there's a corona pandemic.

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Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet? by themagician on Monday February 24, 2020 @10:00AM (#22404502)
We don’t though. It varies wildly.

2018-2019 flu season saw 50 million infected and 80,000 deaths in the United States.

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