Health
Misleading claim circulates online comparing severity of COVID-19 with swine flu – AFP Factcheck
Multiple Facebook posts shared tens of thousands of times claim the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, has infected far fewer people than the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, but “media hysteria” has prompted an overblown response. The claim is mi…
Multiple Facebook posts shared tens of thousands of times claim the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, has infected far fewer people than the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, but media hysteria has prompted an overblown response. The claim is misleading; in April 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that COVID-19 is 10 times more deadly than swine flu; health experts say COVID-19 has a higher death rate than swine flu, which could in turn put more pressure on healthcare sys…
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