Critics said the flu kills more than coronavirus. Why that's not a fair comparison – and now, it's not even true

Here are several reasons why coronavirus is more dangerous than the flu — and why extra precautions are needed:

Research shows a person with the flu infects an average of about 1.28 other people.And this coronavirus is so new, it's not clear whether it would dissipate in summer, or by how much. But the fact that it kept spreading in the Southern Hemisphere during its summer months suggests warm weather won't slow its spread.From October 2019 to early April 2020, the flu killed an estimated 24,000 to 62,000 people in the US, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

By contrast, coronavirus killed more than 62,850 people in the US from the first known death in February through the end of April. That means people who get sick from the flu will know they're sick fairly soon and will likely stay home, avoiding contact with others. "We know that a person with COVID-19 may be contagious 48 to 72 hours before starting to experience symptoms," Harvard experts write."Emerging research suggests that people may actually be most likely to spread the virus to others during the 48 hours before they start to experience symptoms."

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