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'''COVID-19''' is the disease caused by a Chinese coronavirus with the scary name '''☠SARS-CoV-2☠'''. | '''COVID-19''' is the disease caused by a Chinese coronavirus with the scary name '''☠SARS-CoV-2☠'''. | ||
COVID-19 is about as deadly as the common flu, but it is more deadly for the elderly.<ref>https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3883/rr</ref><ref>https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30527-0/fulltext</ref><ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-020-00698-1</ref> | COVID-19 is about as deadly as the common flu, but it is more deadly than the flu for the elderly.<ref>https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3883/rr</ref><ref>https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30527-0/fulltext</ref><ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-020-00698-1</ref> | ||
Similarly to the | Similarly to the flu, 98% of fatal cases have a serious underlying condition and/or 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> | ||
Nonetheless, the pandemic sparked mass hysteria, hypochondria, irrational violence, government overreach, mass surveillance, terrorism charges against those purposefully spreading saliva in public, temporary food, toilet paper and hand sanitizer shortages, rationing including bread lines in capitalist countries, mass unemployment, a stock market collapse and other severe economic damages caused by lockdowns. | Nonetheless, the pandemic sparked mass hysteria, hypochondria, irrational violence, government overreach, mass surveillance, terrorism charges against those purposefully spreading saliva in public, temporary food, toilet paper and hand sanitizer shortages, rationing including bread lines in capitalist countries, mass unemployment, a stock market collapse and other severe economic damages caused by lockdowns. |