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Old 08-05-2021, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by John41 View Post
To put it in perspective if you are hospitalized with the flu you have a 7% chance of dying and about 1% with Covid.
NOT TRUE! From the Lancet, a respected medical journal:

The presentation of patients with COVID-19 and seasonal influenza requiring hospitalization differs considerably. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is likely to have a higher potential for respiratory pathogenicity, leading to more respiratory complications and to higher mortality. In children, although the rate of hospitalization for COVID-19 appears to be lower than for influenza, in-hospital mortality is higher;
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