[FRIAM] Coronavirus vs Flu

[Gillian Densmore]

Or that we generally don't die from the common flu. While that isn't the
case with this. It might turn out to be a SARS thing (sureal, and scary,
but we made a vacine).


On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 4:09 PM Russell Standish <lists at hpcoders.com.au>
wrote:

> Flu is already pandemic. COVID-19 looks like it will go pandemic, but
> maybe quarantine will buy us enough time for vaccine. COVID-19 has
> twice the mortality of flu, but don't know how transmissible it is. I
> currently get a bad flu about once every 5 years, and even then I'm
> probably only confined to bed for a day or so. Must be hell for the
> more vulnerable amongst us though.
>
> So, no - I'm not overly afraid of it, but it does have an impact on
> everyday life (eg quarantine provisions are impacting this workshop
> I'm running right now).
>
> Cheers
>
> On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 10:21:00AM -0700, Owen Densmore wrote:
> > I'm reading an NYTimes piece on the Coronavirus containing:
> >
> >
> >     But one of the attendees, a public health student, had had enough.
> >     Exasperated, she rattled off a set of statistics.
> >
> >     The virus had killed about 1,100 worldwide and infected around a
> dozen in
> >     the United States. Alarming, but a much more common illness,
> influenza,
> >     kills about 400,000 people every year, including 34,200 Americans
> last flu
> >     season and 61,099 the year before.
> >
> >
> > I had looked that up previously and was also puzzled .. Flu is way more
> deadly
> > .. those numbers are staggering.
> >
> > The article was less on the mortality rates etc but on:
> >     Coronavirus ‘Hits All the Hot Buttons’ for How We Misjudge Risk
> > .. and goes on to explain the lopsided response.
> >
> > BTW: the Flu numbers were a wakeup call! I hope we all have one!
> >
> >    -- Owen
> >
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