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by hedora 486 days ago
Technically speaking, it cannot be more deadly than the flu, since it is the flu.

There’s some evidence of rapidly expanding asymptomatic human -> human spread of it.

Hopefully that strain acts as an effective vaccine against the one(s) responsible for the > 50% CFR.

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> it cannot be more deadly than the flu, since it is the flu

I’d say technically it’s not the flu. The flu is influenza A or B.