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papaguns 10 points ago +10 / -0

of course it's serious. look, we KNOW it's bad. it's a weaponized version of the cold and it's killed a few thousand people. the only reason that it's more frightening than the flu is that we don't have a vaccine for it yet. why? because it's a constructed virus.

does it have the potential to be worse than the flu? nah. I don't think so. the flu has killed around 40,000 people in the usa, this season alone. the corona virus? not even 100 so far and it's in 49 states.

chances are, you've already had it and passed it off as the flu or a bad cold.

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NormaJeanRocks 2 points ago +2 / -0

And we HAVE a vaccine for the flu and that many people still die of the flu...hmm

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murkdollasign 1 point ago +2 / -1

Dude this strain was literally just discovered less than 3 months ago on the other side of the planet. It takes a little bit to spread across the globe.

Also, the flu has a mortality rate of 0.1%

Covid is 10 times that.

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Thrasymachus -1 points ago +1 / -2

You claim he's pulling shit from his ass but proceed to immediately insist that real metrics are actually wildly different from estimates based on data collected for weeks from multiple examined outbreaks, on the basis of "I promise". That's gonna be a no from me, dawg.