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"If you live in the U.S., your risk of contracting the new strain of coronavirus identified in China is exceedingly low. . . So far, the only people infected in the U.S. have been those who have traveled to the region in China where the virus first turned up in humans. And though that could change, one thing is for certain: Another severe respiratory virus that threatens lives — the influenza or flu virus — is very active in the U.S. right now." https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...KuOBJZdo-Wj0Ws
"If you live in the U.S., your risk of contracting the new strain of coronavirus identified in China is exceedingly low. . . So far, the only people infected in the U.S. have been those who have traveled to the region in China where the virus first turned up in humans. And though that could change, one thing is for certain: Another severe respiratory virus that threatens lives — the influenza or flu virus — is very active in the U.S. right now." https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...KuOBJZdo-Wj0Ws
The main difference with the flu is that here is a vaccine that is usually somewhat effective (if not to prevent, to at least reduce symptoms), but with the coronavirus, there is no sort of vaccine. People can decide or not decide to get the flu vaccine and I am not going to argue about that here, but at least with the flu, the OPTION is there and people in healthcare settings are required to get the shot. In the case of the coronavirus, people in healthcare settings are not protected.
Maybe not a threat now to us, but China is certainly treating it as a much bigger deal than the flu. That's not media hype. Let's hope for success in containing it.
Of course one's risk of contracting influenza in the USA today far outweighs one's risk of contracting coronavirus today. However, should the US fail to keep coronavirus out, it is likely to be a far greater risk to health than garden variety influenza. It's going to be more like the Spanish flu of 1918. Everyone will get it, many will be very sick, many will die.
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