They spread in similar ways and share many of the same symptoms, but the flu and the coronavirus have key differences.
from last month found. Individuals with underlying conditions and/or people over 60 are at the greatest risk for getting complications from the coronavirus, with the risk increasing with age.
Experts are still trying to calculate precisely what the mortality rate of the coronavirus is, but it appears to be"A lot of people have been trying to underplay this, saying, 'Oh, it's the corona flu,'" said Dr. Daniel Griffin, a Columbia University infectious diseases specialist."But if you get the flu, 99.9 percent of people are going to be just fine."
The flu and the coronavirus look alike in many ways. Both cause fever and cough, and both can lead to pneumonia . They are also transmitted in the same manner: through respiratory droplets, the particles expelled when someone who is sick coughs, sneezes or breathes. It can also be transmitted through contact: shaking hands with someone who has touched their face, and then touching your own face, for example.
While the flu follows a distinct seasonal pattern every year, no one knows yet what the coronavirus pattern will look like.
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