We *should* be more proactive about the flu this season, because it's (a) more deadly than a normal flu and more contagious, and more importantly (b) shows similar symptoms to 2019-nCov, which while it is vastly newer, is much more contagious and much more deadly; no immunity.https://twitter.com/DavidWetherell/status/1226038081876353024 …
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Replying to @DanielleFong
What does it mean that it's newer than the flu? (doesn't it have different strains in past years?)
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Replying to @EvanOLeary
Well, this is a virus with a *lot* of new genetic material, maybe 45-50% different from SARS/MERS and so on (I have not dug deep into the genetics) but in particular it appears much more contagious and contagious at much lower levels of symptoms, and it’s severity is back-loaded.
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