Doctors warn against comparing COVID-19, seasonal flu while kids await vaccine
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While the coronavirus and the seasonal flu share similarities, health experts say the two viruses shouldn’t be compared, especially with the back-to-school season underway.
"The fatality rate for COVID-19 is between 10 and 50 times higher than that of seasonal flu," Younggren explained. "Additionally, COVID-19 is significantly more contagious than seasonal flu. While patients with the seasonal flu infect, on average, approximately 1.3 other people, those with the new Delta variant of COVID-19 infect on average between 6 and 9 other people, according to CDC data." Although people of all ages have shown concern over the pandemic and emerging coronavirus variants, children under the age of 12 are vulnerable to COVID-19 infection since vaccines are still undergoing testing for this age group.More Related News