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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by LeoNatan25 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @01:35PM (#22547928)
You must not be watching a lot of TV. I constantly hear and see "experts" and talk show hosts claiming "don't panic, it's just a bad flu", or "nobody speaks about the dead of flu, why do you care now" and some such nonsense. The "wash your hands" meme is also spreading around.
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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by rsynnott on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:18PM (#22548605)
This may be a regional thing. I haven't seen anything like that in Ireland except from true crackpots (the actual insane people seem divided on whether COVID19 is imaginary or a bioweapon). Certainly not on any respectable news source.
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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by beaunative on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:14PM (#22548562)
To be honest, it is a bad flu, as what we call as flu is also most commonly caused by coronavirus. Though its death rate is 200% worse than a common flu with proper hospitalization.
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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by rsynnott on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:20PM (#22548629)
... Eh?

No; what we call the flu is caused by the influenza virus. What we call the common cold is sometimes caused by a coronavirus (about 25% of cases). And while actual mortality rates are unclear, even the most optimistic figures (South Korea, for instance), are far more than 200% normal seasonal flu rates.

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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by beaunative on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:30PM (#22548751)
my apologies
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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by greenshackle2 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:47PM (#22548965)
More like 900% to 2900% worse (10-30 times).
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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by pgwhalen on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:19PM (#22548615)
What is the “wash your hands meme”?
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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by chasd00 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:40PM (#22548863)
so you should not wash your hands?
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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by LeoNatan25 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @03:05PM (#22549215)
Hygiene is important, of course, but I've seen several people say that if you wash your hands, the likelihood of being infected is zero. That is absolute nonsense, bordering on irresponsible. Coronavirus spreads through air particles. For this virus, washing your hands has no particular benefit.
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