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Dude, the flu has been around for as long as we have, and we know all we need to know about it and how it spreads. We also have a vaccine for the flu. Coronavirus is a new virus that we don't really know much about and there is no vaccine, and won't be one for another year. The mortality rate is also much higher and it's spreading quite fast. Ask Italy if this virus is serious or not.

--Calm down. Sure it's infectious, what type of
influenza's not---and they don't always guess correctly on the strain of flu used in vaccines, so at best, your vaccine may help in keeping it from being worse.
--Higher mortality rate ? While at this time that might appear to be the case, many health officials think not necessarily and perhaps no different from typical viruses brought out of Asia."
--"The mortality rate is more likely around 1-percent
or less and most of those are elderly with compromised immune systems who struggle most with seasonal common strains of flu."
--"A large study just released out of China shows
over 80-percent who get Corona virus are simply mild cases."
--"Why is the mortality rate higher in Italy ?
Italy has the oldest population in Europe---and
many of the deaths from Corona in Italy have been among those 80 to 90-years-old, the same demographic that any virus is deadliest among."
--"Health officials have no idea how many people have
mild bouts of Corona that are going unreported."
If you'd like to verify this above all the panic and running around in circles & media scare, you'll find any number of legitimate reports saying the same
thing as the one I've included :
Coronavirus Facts

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Posted by Eternal Elephant

Vestavia Hills

Member since Feb 2020

309 posts

Posted on 3/11/20 at 10:25 pm to BamaRoo

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--Calm down. Sure it's infectious, what type of
influenza's not---and they don't always guess correctly on the strain of flu used in vaccines, so at best, your vaccine may help in keeping it from being worse.
--Higher mortality rate ? While at this time that might appear to be the case, many health officials think not necessarily and perhaps no different from typical viruses brought out of Asia."
--"The mortality rate is more likely around 1-percent
or less and most of those are elderly with compromised immune systems who struggle most with seasonal common strains of flu."
--"A large study just released out of China shows
over 80-percent who get Corona virus are simply mild cases."
--"Why is the mortality rate higher in Italy ?
Italy has the oldest population in Europe---and
many of the deaths from Corona in Italy have been among those 80 to 90-years-old, the same demographic that any virus is deadliest among."
--"Health officials have no idea how many people have
mild bouts of Corona that are going unreported."
If you'd like to verify this above all the panic and running around in circles & media scare, you'll find any number of legitimate reports saying the same
thing as the one I've included :
Coronavirus Facts

Yeah, but Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson now have coronavirus and that makes it more real.

They are rich people who are progessive; they matter, and the virus still attacked them.

It's already been reported about 300,00 times on every single network, news outlet, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc... that they do in fact have coronavirus.

Meanwhile, not a single report on Gladys, the mill worker in Georgia, who also contracted the virus.

Her case hasn't even made the local papers.

So it attacks the good people who matter and the shite people who don't matter; that is scary.

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Posted by HTDawg

Member since Sep 2016

6683 posts

Posted on 3/12/20 at 8:15 am to BamaRoo

If you want to do something other than engage in whataboutism, let me know. Comparisons to the flu are stupid. The simple fact is we don't know how this virus is going progress in the future. We also don't have a vaccine or a built-in immunity like with the flu.

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Posted by Kentucker

Cincinnati, KY

Member since Apr 2013

19351 posts

Posted on 3/12/20 at 9:48 pm to BamaRoo

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Calm down. Sure it's infectious, what type of
influenza's not-

COVID-19 is not an influenza virus. It’s a coronavirus.

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Higher mortality rate ? While at this time that might appear to be the case, many health officials think not necessarily and perhaps no different from typical viruses brought out of Asia."

The mortality rate cannot be determined at this time. The virus is spreading too fast and there are too many unknowns about its lasting effects. All we know is that it is brand new to the human population and is having a severe effect on the elderly and infirm.

Also, there is no definition for a “typical virus.” From Asia or anywhere else.

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Why is the mortality rate higher in Italy ? Italy has the oldest population in Europe---and many of the deaths from Corona in Italy have been among those 80 to 90-years-old, the same demographic that any virus is deadliest among

The 1918 novel H1N1 influenza was far deadlier for the age group 20-40 than it was for older people who had built up some defense by having contracted other flu strains during their lives.

COVID-19 is also a novel virus and we simply can’t predict how it will behave over a long period in the human population. Right now it’s deadly for older and infirm people. It could mutate easily. That’s why so many health officials are so nervous about it.