Vaccines and Omicron mean Covid now less deadly than flu in England

Re:Vaccines and Omicron mean Covid now less deadly than flu ... by somewhereoutth on Thursday March 10, 2022 @07:34PM (#30634647)

Except that is not true. We get the common cold quite often, but real flu very rarely. If you get the flu you know about it - it is much more severe than the common cold (which is why it kills people).

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Re:Vaccines and Omicron mean Covid now less deadly than flu ... by kodachrome64 on Thursday March 10, 2022 @08:39PM (#30635121)

I've heard "if you get the flu you know it" spread around the internet for years, but given what we know now about the wide range of severity in cases of covid can that really be said with any confidence? Are we certain there aren't people who get the flu and are asymptomatic, or who just end up with mild to moderate cold symptoms?

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