COVID-19 has been compared to the flu. Experts say that's wrong.

The short answer? Yes.

People stand in line to get tested for the coronavirus at Elmhurst Hospital Center, in the Queens borough of New York City on March 26, 2020. The hospital reported 13 COVID-19 deaths in a 24-hour span, according to officials on March 25.Tune into ABC at 1 p.m. ET and ABC News Live at 4 p.m. ET every weekday for special coverage of the novel coronavirus with the full ABC News team, including the latest news, context and analysis.

COVID-19 in a novel virus, which means it's new. Although similar to SARS and MERS, it's wrong to assume it will follow the same path as its coronavirus cousins -- indeed, COVID-19 already has spread far beyond either of them.

If you're going to have a headline that says comparisons between the flu and Coronavirus are wrong, then the headline shouldn't be followed with a table that compares the two.

Using ONLY confirmed and tested cases, the FLU death rate this year in the US is 6.7% (world wide it's around 10%). That's why the CDC 'estimates' how many people had the flu in a season 🙄

“An estimated 35 million Americans were infected last flu season, and about 500,000 were hospitalized.” Why exactly has this not broken the health care system down, whilst Covid is doing, or is feared to do so?

Graph by Japan MHLW shows flu cases in Japan plunged maybe bc ppl have been taking precautions agst coronavirus at early stage of its outbreak but its situation is getting worse. Orange:this season Yellow:last season Vertical:cases/sentinel Horizontal:one-week period from Dec. 2

No treatment, no vaccine. Great.

yes.. the problem with some world leaders is that they are telling people .. no worries it is just a flexible so people think..a seasonal flu.. wrong..it is a deadly pandemic.. a killing machine..

Glad to see mainstream media still ignoring the treatments that are successfully being used to combat the virus.

Tenet Health is making their nurses pay for their own protective equipment

POTUS Frightening lack of capability. Trump’s words.

AircrewBuzz You may want to look at this thread if you want to see if this is 'just the flu'. These are chest X-rays taken from COVID-19 patients. Lungs should be dark (almost black). What do *you* see? They're not. They're almost white. That's lung damage.

When we say it's like the flu were talking respiratory.

pheez98 for next time someone on the forum says something dumb

I'm nearly positive my kid had this in early February. She was sick for 3 weeks! She complained of chest pain and being short of breath. The telemed dr said it was the flu, and proscribed her tamiflu which didn't help in the slightest. Luckily her symptoms were mild.

Airborne Chinese Pneumonia AIDS is certainly much worse than the flu.

That's because it's Biblical!

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

New Orleans Officials Point To Increasing Spread Of COVID-19 CasesOfficials fear that the growing number of COVID-19 cases could exceed the city's hospital capacity. As of noon Thursday, New Orleans had seen 11.8 deaths per 100,000 residents. Thank the democrat mayor who allowed Mardi Gras to proceed. Dem Mayor let the Mardi Gras proceed and she imported the ChineseVirus19 My son the NOLA bartender is right there in the Hot Zone.
Source: NPR - 🏆 96. / 63 Read more »

Federal prisons struggle to combat growing COVID-19 fearsAdvocates and even prison guards are calling for reforms to head off a potential outbreak in the federal prison system, which has been plagued for years by violence, misconduct and staffing shortages. Here's a thought..don't get arrested in the first place. Give the employees and guards all the PPE they need... COVID will thin the prison population. Nation is glad Bill Barr is at helm. 🙄 Same as State prisons-Oh you didn't want that part out
Source: AP - 🏆 728. / 51 Read more »

Apple announces COVID-19 website and app in partnership with CDC and the White HouseApple has developed a new website and app that will provide a screening tool for COVID-19 symptoms as well as up-to-date information from trusted sources about the coronavirus outbreak. Always liked Tim Cook. Seems like a decent human actually Too little too late ..: attention seeking Apple ComfortablySmug We are home to some of the greatest companies in the world.
Source: CNBC - 🏆 12. / 72 Read more »

Consumers And Retailers Remain Uncertain In A COVID-19 RealityWith consumer behaviors changing daily due to the COVID-19 pandemic, retailers are forced to reinvent how they do business. Research conducted by CommerceNext shows that 64.5% of retailers are not seeing sales shift from stores to ecommerce.
Source: ForbesWomen - 🏆 477. / 51 Read more »

7 Surprising Ways COVID-19 Is Changing the Way You ThinkThe coronavirus pandemic will likely change at least some of your core beliefs and behaviors. But whether that's for better or worse depends on you. Archetypical (regressed) referencing tendencies amongst susceptible populations mean there is little likelihood of core (personality) change with transcience (experience)! “Regardless of wealth, ethnicity, age, political beliefs, or any other individual differences, we are collectively feeling the consequences of the virus” This just isn’t true.
Source: PsychToday - 🏆 714. / 51 Read more »

What It’s Like to Be a Canadian Stranded Abroad Because of COVID-19'Four months ago, I quit my job in Halifax to travel the world with my boyfriend. We never imagined the world would soon shut down around us.'
Source: FLARE - 🏆 376. / 59 Read more »