Coronavirus Fact-Check #3: “Covid19 is 20x DEADLIER than the flu!”

Since the early days of the current pandemic, the go-to comparison has been influenza, both the specific historical outbreaks and the general seasonal “flus” (a catch-all term for respiratory viruses) which hit all over the world every winter. That comparison is very often met with this simple retort: Covid is nothing like the flu, it’s … Continue reading Coronavirus Fact-Check #3: “Covid19 is 20x DEADLIER than the flu!”