Quote Originally Posted by jonu View Post
It would be a little more helpful if you pointed out his supposed errors. Does not reflect well upon you IMHO.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

Uses the exact same source as blackcap (though why anyone would want to rely on ANYTHING from the US medical system, I don't know). Here's some example https://www.marketwatch.com/story/co...why-2020-03-09
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-...virus/12068106
https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-myths.html
There are literally hundreds of sources supporting the following key points:
- The virus has an infection (reproduction) rate in the region of 2 to 3 whereas the seasonal flu has in the region of 1.3. The exponential impact of infection rates is the biggest differentiating factor!
- This virus is significantly more likely to kill a patient (roughly ten times according to Fauci and a number of articles I've read with some saying as much as 20 times more).
- Unlike flu there is no herd immunity to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
- Incubation (hidden infection) period is ~5 days for coronavirus, versus ~2 for the flu.
- It may take many months or years to develop a vaccine.