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COVID-19 and the seasonal flu are caused by different types of viruses that result in different symptoms, experts say. While both viruses can cause severe respiratory disease, COVID-19 is far deadlier than the seasonal flu, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Johns Hopkins University of Medicine.
There were significantly less cases of seasonal flu recorded in the US during the 2020-2021 fall and winter, and experts agree this is largely due to public health measures taken to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, which would have also been effective at helping percent the spread of the flu virus.
Contrary to what the posts say, COVID-19 is not the “identical twin” of the flu. Reuters has previously addressed similar misleading claims ( here , here , here ).
Flu activity was “unusually low throughout the 2020-2021 flu season both in the United States and globally”, according to the CDC ( here ). About 1,675 people (0.2%) of 818,939 respiratory specimens tested by U.S. clinical laboratories were positive for an influenza virus in the period from Sept. 28, 2020, to May 22, 2021, in the United States.
originally posted by: vNex92
Since the pandemic had started covid had havent being a threat to the children/youth.
Children who had being infected with it or had died likely had a health condition.
But the Mainstream News Media isn't reporting it.
originally posted by: vNex92
They are now pushing the fear mongering of covid far more further than SARS/Swine. On Twitter. They are now saying how Covid is far more deadlier than the flu/common cold.
According to the experts from US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Johns Hopkins University of Medicine. & Health Officials. They claim that COVID-19 and the seasonal flu are caused by different types of viruses that result in different symptoms....
Its clear they have an agenda to fear monger up the variants.
There are even articles claiming that omicron shouldn't be treated as a mild.
COVID-19 and the seasonal flu are caused by different types of viruses that result in different symptoms, experts say. While both viruses can cause severe respiratory disease, COVID-19 is far deadlier than the seasonal flu, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Johns Hopkins University of Medicine.
There were significantly less cases of seasonal flu recorded in the US during the 2020-2021 fall and winter, and experts agree this is largely due to public health measures taken to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, which would have also been effective at helping percent the spread of the flu virus.
Fact Check-Misleading comparison between COVID-19 and the flu resurfaces
You have MSM experts/health officials wanting you to be scared.
Contrary to what the posts say, COVID-19 is not the “identical twin” of the flu. Reuters has previously addressed similar misleading claims ( here , here , here ).
Interestingly enough they claim that there has being a year of low flu cases i really wonder why there has being a case of low flu cases? maybe because these tests cant tell the difference of covid or flu/cold?
Flu activity was “unusually low throughout the 2020-2021 flu season both in the United States and globally”, according to the CDC ( here ). About 1,675 people (0.2%) of 818,939 respiratory specimens tested by U.S. clinical laboratories were positive for an influenza virus in the period from Sept. 28, 2020, to May 22, 2021, in the United States.
Yes it was a low case of the flu, despite Sep/Oct and long season of Winter being a seasonal year for flu.. Makes you want to question a few certain things.
You have the Mainstream News Media Outlets pushing the fear mongering the omicron variant, claiming that covid is far the deadlier than the flu.
They ignore to mention that covid is deadlier with four or more health conditions.
Since the pandemic had started covid had havent being a threat to the children/youth.
Children who had being infected with it or had died likely had a health condition.
But the Mainstream News Media isn't reporting it.