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by GuB-42 1582 days ago
The only study that I've seen compare Covid-19 to the flu is one related to long-covid. You can have long-covid-like symptoms after the flu, but it is about twice more likely with Covid-19 than with the flu.

https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/jo...

I guess there are others, I just didn't randomly stumbled across them.

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Think a study should consider duration of symptoms as well as how often they occur.

I have had post-viral symptoms after flu a few years ago and long-covid now. Recovery after flu was about 6 months, I'm coming up to two years with long-covid.

That is depressing to read. Wont Covid19 cannibalize on other coronaviruses' "market share"?
It's taken most of flu's market share the last couple of years. On the plus side it may spur us to improve air quality like we improved water quality a century or two ago.