President Trump has repeatedly compared the coronavirus to the flu. But the coronavirus is new, seems to be about twice as contagious and has a higher hospitalization rate. Here are facts about how the two differ.
1. COVID-19 is novel, or new. That means there's no vaccine, and it's unclear how it will manifest;
3. Some 20% of coronavirus patients are in serious enough condition to go to the hospital, 10 times the number who wind up in the hospital because of the flu;5. About 8% of people get the flu every year. Some estimates are 25% to 50%, possibly up to 80%, could get the coronavirus without drastic actions being taken by individuals, states and municipalities and the federal government;6. The coronavirus could be 10 times deadlier than the flu — about 0.1% who get flu die.
8. The flu tends to wane in warm weather, but it's too soon to count on that for coronavirus, which is thriving in warm, tropical places.
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