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COVID-19 Update: Comparison With 1918 Flu, Secondary Transmission – Medscape
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Comparison With 1918 Flu
A comparison of excess deaths in New York City during the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak with excess deaths from the peak of the 1918 H1N1influenza outbreak in the city found that the two pandemics are “in the same ballpark,” said study author Jeremy Samuel Fau…
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