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'''COVID-19''' is the disease caused by a novel Chinese coronavirus with the scary name '''SARS-CoV-2'''. | '''COVID-19''' is the disease caused by a novel Chinese coronavirus with the scary name '''SARS-CoV-2'''. In the vast majority of US states, the disease has claimed about as many lives as the flu, and has killed dramatically less people than pneumonia without COVID-19.<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm</ref> Danish blood donors suggest the virus is not overall more deadly than the flu, but this is debated.<ref>https://twitter.com/PGtzsche1/status/1250046125656150018</ref><ref>https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/doedelighed-skal-formentlig-taelles-i-promiller-danske-blodproever-kaster-nyt-lys</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/PGtzsche1/status/1250048816864202752</ref><ref>https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---3-march-2020</ref> | ||
Similarly to seasonal influenza, 98% of fatal cases have a serious underlying condition and most are very old.<ref>https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-19-daily-data-summary-deaths.pdf</ref><ref>https://ophrp.org/journal/view.php?number=550</ref><ref>https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-19-daily-data-summary-deaths.pdf</ref> | Similarly to seasonal influenza, 98% of fatal cases have a serious underlying condition and most are very old.<ref>https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-19-daily-data-summary-deaths.pdf</ref><ref>https://ophrp.org/journal/view.php?number=550</ref><ref>https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-19-daily-data-summary-deaths.pdf</ref> | ||