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Re:NIH study offers new evidence of early SARS-CoV-2 infecti... by mattzito on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @11:02PM (#27524420)
But surely, the hundreds of thousands of dead in the US alone, millions worldwide, would suggest that while for many people it is a really really bad cold, for others it is far worse than the flu?
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Re:NIH study offers new evidence of early SARS-CoV-2 infecti... by nradov on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @11:56PM (#27524734)
You're missing the point. The SARS-CoV-2 virus is almost completely different from the influenza virus. It's structurally much closer to at least some cold viruses. In particular it's very similar to HCoV-OC43 which causes colds and frequently kills patients who are in poor health to start with.
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