COVID-19 vs flu – spot the difference.

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Published on June 2, 2021 3:33:27 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwl3MJwm4F8

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Influenza kills about 10,000 people of five years and older each year in South Africa, a relatively small number compared with the past year’s Covid-19 deaths but still a heavy toll. Furthermore, worldwide, it causes between three and five million cases of severe illness and 290,000 to 650,000 deaths.

At the start of the pandemic, many people thought (and many still do) that COVID-19 is simply a “bad flu”. How similar, or different, are COVID-19 and the flu?

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