Analysis: At what point could Covid-19 be reasonably compared to a cold or flu? | Business Post

📆 2022-01-18 오후 11:00:00

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Covid-19’s levels of fatality far exceed flu, but Omicron’s reduced severity combined with boosters and the arrival of antiviral pills may change that, writes rachellavin.

📆 2022-01-18 오후 11:00:00
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‘Weekly Omicron deaths would also need to fall significantly further from the total of 599 Covid-19 deaths recorded since early November to come below Ireland’s peak of 200 confirmed flu deaths in Irish hospitals in the winter season of 2017/18.’ Picture: GettyThat would depend on their comparative severity. Daily case numbers for cold and flu are unknown.

But HPSC data on influenza’s mortality rates show that Covid-19 is nowhere near the low levels of fatality for flu yet.

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