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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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