Re:I had Covid-19, and these are the things nobody tells you
by dwild on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:16PM
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You had a bad flu, once and that make you think flu is as bad as covid-19?
This isn't just one bad case, it's millions of bad cases. There's no flu that killed that many people in that short of time, ever.
From a quick research, it seems like the flu kill between 12k and 61k people annually in the US. The US is now near 3x the worst estimate and the year is still young, and that's with all the precaution the US is taking against the virus.
Personally I hope that this pandemic also makes us improve how we deal with the flu season. Wearing a mask at the supermarket during a season ins't that bad. Seeing more disinfection too isn't bad. More remote works too.
This isn't just one bad case, it's millions of bad cases. There's no flu that killed that many people in that short of time, ever.
From a quick research, it seems like the flu kill between 12k and 61k people annually in the US. The US is now near 3x the worst estimate and the year is still young, and that's with all the precaution the US is taking against the virus.
Personally I hope that this pandemic also makes us improve how we deal with the flu season. Wearing a mask at the supermarket during a season ins't that bad. Seeing more disinfection too isn't bad. More remote works too.