Posted on 03/09/2020 4:52:17 PM PDT by Romans Nine
Coronavirus Disease 2019 vs. the Flu Influenza “the flu” and COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus, are both infectious respiratory illnesses. Although the symptoms of COVID-19 and the flu can look similar, the two illnesses are caused by different viruses.
As of Mar. 9, 2020, the flu is showing much more of an impact on Americans than COVID-19. You can find up-to-date information on COVID-19 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Lisa Maragakis, M.D., M.P.H., senior director of infection prevention at Johns Hopkins, explains how the flu and COVID-19 are similar and how they are different.
Similarities: COVID-19 and the Flu
Symptoms
Both cause fever, cough, body aches, fatigue; sometimes vomiting and diarrhea. Can be mild or severe, even fatal in rare cases. Can result in pneumonia. Transmission
Both can be spread from person to person through droplets in the air from an infected person coughing, sneezing or talking. A possible difference: COVID-19 might be spread through the airborne route (see details below under Differences). Flu can be spread by an infected person for several days before their symptoms appear, and COVID-19 is believed to be spread in the same manner, but we don’t yet know for sure. Treatment
Neither virus is treatable with antibiotics, which only work on bacterial infections. Both may be treated by addressing symptoms, such as reducing fever. Severe cases may require hospitalization and support such as mechanical ventilation. Prevention
Both may be prevented by frequent, thorough hand washing, coughing into the crook of your elbow, staying home when sick and limiting contact with people who are infected.
Differences: COVID-19 and the Flu
Cause
COVID-19: Caused by one virus, the novel 2019 coronavirus, now called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2.
Flu: Caused by any of several different types and strains of influenza viruses.
Transmission
While both the flu and COVID-19 may be transmitted in similar ways (see the Similarities section above), there is also a possible difference: COVID-19 might be spread through the airborne route, meaning that tiny droplets remaining in the air could cause disease in others even after the ill person is no longer near.
Antiviral Medications
COVID-19: Antiviral medications are currently being tested to see if they can address symptoms.
Flu: Antiviral medications can address symptoms and sometimes shorten the duration of the illness.
Vaccine
COVID-19: No vaccine is available at this time, though it is in progress.
Flu: A vaccine is available and effective to prevent some of the most dangerous types or to reduce the severity of the flu.
Infections
COVID-19: Approximately 113,579 cases worldwide; 607 cases in the U.S. as of Mar. 9, 2020.
Flu: Estimated 1 billion cases worldwide; 9.3 million to 45 million cases in the U.S. per year.
Deaths
COVID-19: Approximately 3,995 deaths reported worldwide; 22 deaths in the U.S., as of Mar. 9, 2020.
Flu: 291,000 to 646,000 deaths worldwide; 12,000 to 61,000 deaths in the U.S. per year.
The COVID-19 situation is changing rapidly. Since this disease is caused by a new virus, people do not have immunity to it, and a vaccine may be many months away. Doctors and scientists are working on estimating the mortality rate of COVID-19, but at present, it is thought to be higher than that of most strains of the flu.
This culture is hyper sensitized to media drama.
A scared people are much easier to control, to steal liberty from and tell them it’s for their own good.
Common sense, it’s a lost virtue.
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Once again colloidal silver kills all viruses
Nothing else does as far as man made antibiotics. Viruses are not alive and have no cell walls or mitochondrion
Ask your health practitioner about the effectiveness of silver to kill bacteria and viruses and see what they say.
After fourty years of making it every day I can tell you it works great
It should be taken every day so you have silver ions in your blood
There is simply no question about this -and there is virtually no risk whatsoever to you by trying it.
I heard or read somewhere today that 85% of COVID-19 cases experience MILD or NO symptoms. That leads me to believe that many more have it or had it and just didn’t notice. Many more had it, were never diagnosed, and recovered without incident.
Could you explain this graph? The x and y axes, what are they?
I sure do.
You get the difference between caution and panic?
To be clear I agree with you on about 95% of what you post and greatly appreciate your contribution to the discussions on here.
Why don’t you cool it Travis? What is your point in hyping this virus on every thread.
Makes me think you have an agenda like the left does, of destabilizing America and crippling the Trump re-election effort.
Actually the Case Mortality Rate (Deaths/Known cases) thought to be higher than ALL strains of the flu.
WHO estimates the Case Fatality Rate to be 3.4%. There may be reasons to believe it will be lower in the US. Italy is currently showing 5%. S. Korea which has been very aggressive in testing is showing 0.7%.
Even S. Korea is 7 times worse than the flu.
Population mortality (deaths/population) is worse in the flu because the flu spreads so far. This has the potential to become worse than the flu. But it's too early to compare population mortality, since CV is new and spreading rapidly.
Caution...buying all the toilet paper in sight.
Panic... Buying all the pop-tarts in sight.
Pence stated today the the average age of those who have died from covid-19 is 80. It’s sad, but when people die of old age it’s often initiated by a virus that they no longer have the strength to fight off.
I’ve looked at that site a few times and the number of recovered cases in the US never changes. It has stood at 8 for weeks. It’s hard to believe that is accurate.
Great link, thank you.
Media and Dems trying to impeach Pres. Trump via Cornoa Virus hype....over and over again.
Listened to cnn and laughed my butt off.....the degree they’re creating hysteria is off the scale!
Actually...flu IS what I am concerned about...covid 19 is just an add on concern
It says the number of cases in the US is 605?
“-and there is virtually no risk whatsoever to you by trying it.”
Until you turn as blue as a Smurf.
The famous Hockey Stick. Prominent in most leftist TEOTWAWKI schemes and used most recently of Global Warming.
Why is the flu plotted as a straight line? It also increases exponentially as it spreads. This is just hysteria.
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