maybe the rest of the world shouldn't trust china either

I mean should we trust any authoritarian state?

true. the only good info you'll get from an authoritarian state is what they *do*

as opposed to what they say

hecc, applies to less tyrannical regimes too

applies to everything

@ryvergate clearly allah helped them

smh

I still hear people saying this is overblown and the flu kills way more

I have never heard of hospitals getting filled to overcrowding over the common flu

in fairness people who die from the flu dont go to the hospital in the first place

The symptons for most people are mild I believe the issue lies more on how fast corona has been capable of spreading causing like in that article hospitals becoming overloaded and more frequent vulnerable people being targeted thus killing more.

im pretty sure the flu kills people quicker

with 0 warning

corona takes weaks

assuming it doesnt give you a heart attack

It's the lengthy incubation period that's making the difference then

incubation just increases infecivity

and how redonkulously contagious it is

With flu people would stay home with symptoms and spread less

nothing to do with seriousness of symptoms

or what lichlord said

also there's no vaccine for it
there's a flu vaccine

eh

flu vaccines arent that good

in the worse years flu vaccines only help 20% of people that get them

in a few months it's killed more than MERS and SARS combined did, and these got a HUGE head start

Well that mostly the virus mutating like a crazy bastard

every virus mutates

it is hardly unique in that regard

he meant mutation *rate*

it is just doing better because of the asymptomatic transmission

combined with lower lethality rate

https://ifunny.co/fun/DbbxVIhW7?s=cl

yes I meant the mutation rate

the more lethal a vbirus is the better

its mutating the same amount as any other virus tbh

but if its lethal enough the virus will kill its host before they transmit

you a chinese shill or somethin'?

next you gonna tell me you trust they somehow froze the new cases at 80k