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How COVID-19 compares

At the beginning of this crisis, I was telling people that COVID-19 is kind of like severe flu. I was basically right, but I was wrong in that it is much more severe than the seasonal flu. I searched for the best visual charts that compare COVID-19 to other stuff going around, and this is what I found:

chart comparing COVID-19 to the flu
From the article Why COVID-19 is worse than the flu, in one chart by Vox: “It’s more contagious, more deadly (particularly for older people), and it has a greater potential to overwhelm our health care system”
From the article: How coronavirus symptoms compare with those of the flu, allergies, and the common cold by Business Insider.

By Torrey

Torrey is an international maker, coder, designer, marketer, and entrepreneur.

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