【決定板】インフルエンザと新型コロナ肺炎の違いとは？米ABC

【決定板】インフルエンザと新型コロナ肺炎の違いとは？米ABC at NEWSPLUS

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【決定板】インフルエンザと新型コロナ肺炎の違いとは？米ABC

2020/03/30
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COVID-19 has been compared to the flu. Experts say that's wrong. The novel coronavirus appears more deadly and spreads more quickly. abcn.ws/3byQLzX

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COVID-19 has been compared to the flu. Experts say that's wrong.
The novel coronavirus appears more deadly and spreads more quickly.
By
Dr. Vinayak Kumar
27 March 2020, 10:13
6 min read

Even with businesses closed, travel restricted and shelter-in-place orders issued around the world, many still wonder if such extremes are needed to battle the novel coronavirus.

Some people, including the president of the United States, have said COVID-19 isn't too different from the common flu.

But, according to experts, is COVID-19 actually worse?

What's different now?

COVID-19 in a novel virus, which means it's new. Although similar to SARS and MERS, it's wrong to assume it will follow the same path as its coronavirus cousins -- indeed, COVID-19 already has spread far beyond either of them.

So although the seasonal flu, at least to this point, has killed more Americans, COVID-19 appears more deadly and definitely spreads more quickly.

In other words, experts told ABC News, it's not the seasonal flu.

So exactly how much worse is it? Consider this chart, which compares COVID-19 to the flu using the most recently compiled statistics

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