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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 | COVID-19 is basically a severe flu, but only substantially worse than the common flu for old people.<ref>https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3883/rr</ref> | ||
Combined with a low population immunity, outbreaks cause temporarily overwhelmed hospitals and morticians. | Combined with a low population immunity, outbreaks cause temporarily overwhelmed hospitals and morticians. | ||
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> | 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> | ||