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Internet searches for Covid having shot up with news of a new variant and a rise in hospital admissions.
But there is plenty of evidence to suggest the virus is on its way to becoming just another respiratory bug to contend with, alongside flu and others maybe lesser known, such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), rhinorvirus and adenovirus.
And last winter, there were estimated to be more flu deaths than Covid ones, in England - just over 14,000 compared with 10,000 - according to the UK Health Security Agency.
originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: putnam6
Still regarded as twice as deadly as 'Flu by at least one epidemiologist:
Covid: Still here, still deadly
originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: putnam6
Still regarded as twice as deadly as 'Flu by at least one epidemiologist:
Covid: Still here, still deadly
originally posted by: putnam6
originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: putnam6
Still regarded as twice as deadly as 'Flu by at least one epidemiologist:
Covid: Still here, still deadly
www.npr.org...
Not according to the stats brought forth in the article on the BBC
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: putnam6
originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: putnam6
Still regarded as twice as deadly as 'Flu by at least one epidemiologist:
Covid: Still here, still deadly
www.npr.org...
Not according to the stats brought forth in the article on the BBC
Since both are seasonal, at particular times one disease at its peak might be worse than the other that is in a brief lull, in a limited geographical area and time-frame.
Here's some web pages from the government source for the statistics used in the BBC article. Please read the source page fully and ask yourself if the reporter is drawing the same conclusions in those 'official' pages:
Flu and COVID-19 surveillance report published
originally posted by: putnam6
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: putnam6
originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: putnam6
Still regarded as twice as deadly as 'Flu by at least one epidemiologist:
Covid: Still here, still deadly
www.npr.org...
Not according to the stats brought forth in the article on the BBC
Since both are seasonal, at particular times one disease at its peak might be worse than the other that is in a brief lull, in a limited geographical area and time-frame.
Here's some web pages from the government source for the statistics used in the BBC article. Please read the source page fully and ask yourself if the reporter is drawing the same conclusions in those 'official' pages:
Flu and COVID-19 surveillance report published
Respectfully the BBC report was in reference to deaths while your link is in reference to cases and hospitalizations. ERGO APPLES to ORANGES.
Furthermore here's the one graph I could find with both COVID and other viruses. Covid is there on this testing graph but it is by no means the dominant infection. Unless Im reading it wrong.
originally posted by: kennyb72
a reply to: 1947boomer
then Covid-19 first started infecting people about 4 years ago, it was novel. That means that 0% of the population's immune systems had developed antibodies specific to that particular Coronavirus.
This is totally incorrect. Covid was a con job .. nobody got sick from this phantasy disease .. it was ALL a lie and you are amongst those spreading disinformation and ultimately responsible, along with the rest of you, for the deaths of millions of people conned into accepting the bioweapon.
Just stop with the crap.