by After months of study, scientists have better clarity on the coronavirus's lethal potential—which makes recent case surges all the more alarming. Covid-19 could be 50 to a 100 times more deadlier than the flu.What’s more, scientists today have a better sense of how to measure COVID-19's lethality, and the numbers are alarming. Using a more sophisticated calculation called the infection-fatality rate, paired with the past few months’ worth of data, the latest best estimates show that COVID-19 is around 50 to 100 times more lethal than the seasonal flu, on average. This means that the U.S. and other countries seeing case surges need to brace for a very deadly summer and autumn if tactics don’t change.National GeographicHow scientists know COVID-19 is way deadlier than the flu
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After months of study, scientists have better clarity on the coronavirus's lethal potential—which makes recent case surges all the more alarming.
Covid-19 could be 50 to a 100 times more deadlier than the flu.
What’s more, scientists today have a better sense of how to measure COVID-19's lethality, and the numbers are alarming. Using a more sophisticated calculation called the infection-fatality rate, paired with the past few months’ worth of data, the latest best estimates show that COVID-19 is around 50 to 100 times more lethal than the seasonal flu, on average.
This means that the U.S. and other countries seeing case surges need to brace for a very deadly summer and autumn if tactics don’t change.
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