Coronavirus is not the flu. It's worse.

Send this to anyone who still thinks Covid-19 is basically the same as the flu.

Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, has similar symptoms to the flu. They also spread in similar ways. So it's natural to want to compare the two. But Covid-19 is very different, in ways that make it much more dangerous. And understanding how is key to understanding why we have to take it so seriously.

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[johnspinelli]

Imagine if someone in 2019 said next year you will be an effective member of society by staying home and watching Netflix

[stakeaphobicz]

Introverts - This is no longer working out for me, now my family is always home and always annoying

[TheMemeBorrower.]

Hello history students of 2090!!

Hope your time period is better than this one!

[proudidiot]

“Social Distancing is our best defense”
Schools: *Imma pretend I didn’t hear that*

Welp I just dodged a bullet, almost got direct exposure, but I prob still need to quarantine. You never know

[archer]

“Stay at home”.

Easy for people to say. Unfortunately, in the US, they aren’t giving leeway on rent or bills. There is no social safety net.

[magpaw]

When you already socially distanced from people in the past and now it’s trendy

[adamlee]

I can't wrap my head around the fact that I'm living through a huge historical event. Times are just so strange

[superharryboy]

"It's like the flu" Yeah and a Lamborghini is like a corolla. It has four wheels, AC, seats, takes you places... yeah pretty much alike. Like a truck, also.

[fungus]

2020 : The year your hands will consume more alcohol than your mouth .

[askreddit]

April fools is cancelled due to this whole year being a joke., ..

[untilnow]

It's always seems too early; then it's too late. Take this seriously and stay inside

[dorcas_]

‘But scientists expect that number to go up, way up’
*Me chilling here in August while the world records almost 1 million deaths.*

[emie]

Everybody gangsta till “Total Organ Failure” mutates

[Subscriberswithoutvideos-mpbk]

*Not to brag but I washed my hands before Corona became a pandemic.*

[itsmenazie]

i bet next year there will be comment on this video saying "who is here after they found the vaccine for it"

[emil-pdpq]

can't believe this was 7 months ago...

[macbuff]

The point of social distancing is not to stop the spread altogether, but rather to slow it down so health care systems can keep up, a herd immunity and a vaccine can be developed.

[andrebyrdjr.]

of everything, THIS is the historical event i have to witness

[orbital]

"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function."
-Albert Allen Bartlett.

[h.t.awesome]

Everybody gangsta till medical staff get overwhelmed