There are definitely similarities between COVID-19, caused by the coronavirus, and influenza. But there are critical differences as well, including the death rate.
For coronavirus,"what's particularly concerning are the number of people who are progressing to need hospital level care and then eventually critical care and who are dying, especially at the extremes of [older] age," saysPeople who are over 60 and who have other health problems are more at riskOnce a patient with a serious case of coronavirus is hospitalized, the average stay is 11 days,based on January data from Wuhan — about twice as long as the 5-to-6 day average stay for flu.
The additional days mean additional stresses on the health-care system."To take care of intensive, really unwell people can often require two to three medical staff at one time, all in protective gear, for hours and hours," saysThat's a big strain on our nurses and doctors and hospitals, and it's overlapping with flu season, which generally ends by May.
Nobody knows what percentage of the population will eventually contract coronavirus. But there are some educated guesses. Since this is a new disease and there's no vaccine and no established immunity from past cycles, experts believe everyone is susceptible., predicted that globally,"at least one-quarter to one-half of the population will very likely become infected, absent drastic control measures or a vaccine.
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