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Flu vs Coronavirus: Which one is more dangerous? Facts that will blow your mind

As new coronavirus ravages China, why are we calm about the much deadlier flu?

Published: February 05, 2020 21:16 Last updated: March 09, 2020 10:07 Jay Hilotin, Senior Web News Editor

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Corona deaths March 9 — Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data * www.statnews.com/2018/09/26/cdc-us-flu-deaths-winter/ WHO data ** https://bit.ly/3cLz7dY Image Credit:

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CORONA 01 — CRIPPLING PANIC OVER CORONAVIRUS? Many health professionals are rightly concerned about the novel coronavirus, dubbed by the WHO as "COVID-19". It's a stark new reality for us all. But in terms of real numbers, the common flu is posing a greater health threat to the rest of the world than the new coronavirus itself, say CDC experts. Image Credit: Gulf News

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flu vs covid 19 signs — CRIPPLING PANIC OVER CORONAVIRUS? Many health professionals are rightly concerned about the novel coronavirus, dubbed by the WHO as "COVID-19". It's a stark new reality for us all. But in terms of real numbers, the common flu is posing a greater health threat to the rest of the world than the new coronavirus itself, say CDC experts. Image Credit: Gulf News / WHO https://bit.ly/2SkuEoZ

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Indonesians who arrived from Wuhan, China, are sprayed with antiseptic at Hang Nadim Airport in Batam, Indonesia. — HEALTH EMERGENCY: The WHO has rightly declared coronavirus as a "public health emergency of international concern". The once-unknown virus strain that first erupted in the Chinese city of Wuhan, had been traced to bats — for which there’s still no antidote. There are 11 confirmed cases in the United States of coronavirus as of Monday. Image Credit: AP

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flu vs corona virus — FACT: Influenza has quietly killed 10,000 people in the US so far this flu season. Data: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html Image Credit: CDC

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Flu death rate Statista — FLU AND PNEUMONIA DEATH RATE PER 100,000 POPULATION: The global frenzy over 2019-nCoV could lull us into ignoring a creeping common disease falling off the public radar — but is much deadlier, as these numbers show. Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/184574/deaths-by-influenza-and-pneumonia-in-the-us-since-1950/ Image Credit: Statista

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1.1166917_1514384504 — FACT 2: The US CDC, in a January 31, 2020 bulletin, has warned the public not to drop their guard about influenza — which has caused at least 19 million illnesses, 180,000 hospitalizations, and 10,000 deaths so far this season. Image Credit: AFP

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fungal disease expert — SPIKE IN U.S. FLU CASES: Flu activity has now risen for 2 consecutive weeks, according to a January 31, 2020 report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Image Credit: New York Times

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Burden of Influenza disease — CDC estimates that influenza has resulted in between 9 million – 45 million illnesses, between 140,000 – 810,000 hospitalizations and between 12,000 – 61,000 deaths annually since 2010. Source: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html Image Credit: CDC

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1.678078-774148625 — The CDC estimates the influenza in 2018-2019 was associated with more than 35.5 million illnesses and a staggering 34,200 deaths in the United States. At least 19 million people have come down with the flu in the U.S. with 180,000 ending up in the hospital, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Image Credit: AP

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covid 16 precautions — Image Credit: Gulf News

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coronavirus precautions — Image Credit: Gulf News

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Coronavirus — FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN: “In the US, it’s really a fear based on media and this being something new,” Dr. Jennifer Lighter, hospital epidemiologist at NYU Langone Health, said of the new coronavirus. “When in reality, people can take measures to protect themselves against the flu, which is here and prevalent and has already killed 10,000 people.” Image Credit: File

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