Influenza kills more people than the coronavirus so everyone is overreacting, right? Wrong — and here’s why

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Some cite influenza as a reason not to be worried about COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, but health professionals say that comparison misses some very important points. On Wednesday, WHO declared it a pandemic.

Coronavirus. It’s just like the flu, isn’t it?

Hundreds of thousands of people die…

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