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Here's an article comparing COVID-19 with previous pandemics.


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"Many have compared the COVID-19 outbreak to influenza, also known as the common flu, another respiratory illness that has symptoms similar to CV-19.

So far, COVID-19 is proving to be more infectious with an R naught of around 2 than the seasonal flu, which has an R naught of 1.3 and infects up to 49 million Americans each year. Based on the WHO’s most recent mortality rate of 3.4%, the COVID-19 outbreak is shaping up to be at least 34 times deadlier than the flu, which has a mortality rate of about 0.1% and kills 290,000 to 650,000 people per year across the globe. If the current mortality for CV-19 rate holds at 4.5%, it would make this coronavirus 45 times deadlier than the flu."

(In response to this post by RoswellGAHokie)

Link: The coronavirus may be deadlier than the 1918 flu: Here’s how it stacks up to


Posted: 03/26/2020 at 2:07PM


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  @VToncologyNurse question if you’re lurking. -- RoswellGAHokie 03/26/2020 1:41PM
  Hospitals right now are NOT at the breaking point in general. VCU -- MilwaukeeHokie 03/26/2020 5:07PM
  One thing I think you're missing is that the flu isn't taking a break -- ElbertoHokie 03/26/2020 3:14PM
  Welllp, I never saw the state of our ED during the 2017-18 flu. But my ... -- VToncologyNurse 03/26/2020 2:30PM
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  A good description how flu can kill you. (link) -- 48zip 03/26/2020 2:09PM
  At first glance, this looks like a fairly reasonable article. -- VToncologyNurse 03/26/2020 2:39PM
  Here's an article comparing COVID-19 with previous pandemics. -- Hokie360 03/26/2020 2:07PM
  Another question... -- EDGEMAN 03/26/2020 2:06PM
  Because this is IN ADDITION to the flu -- JoesterVT 03/26/2020 2:02PM
  I think part of it is length of stay -- VTSnake 03/26/2020 1:57PM
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  I don't think it is spread out as evenly as the flu was -- SteveInBaltimore 03/26/2020 1:48PM

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