Why does the flu in America kill people?

1. The mortality rate in COVID-19 is much higher than that of influenza. Let's assume that there are 34 million people suffering from the flu in the United States, and 20,000 people die, with a mortality rate of six in ten thousand. Looking at COVID-19, taking Italian data as an example, there were 827 cases of infection12,462 cases, with a mortality rate of 6.6%. Even according to American data, 1323 cases were diagnosed and 38 cases died, with a mortality rate of 2.9%. The mortality rate in COVID-19 is much higher than that of influenza.

2. Their transmission intensity is different, and the transmission power of COVID-19 is far greater than that of influenza. The total population of America is 327 million. Even in the strongest flu season in American history, the infection rate was only 10%, and many people were not infected. As long as the prevention and control is proper, the general problem will not be too big. However, the COVID-19 epidemic spread rapidly in the Middle East, Europe and Asia in a short time. If it is not properly controlled, it will lead to the spread of the epidemic and may cause everyone to be infected.

It's not just COVID-19 that scares Americans, but they don't know how many people are infected with the virus. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the United States has not conducted large-scale testing. In an interview with CNN on March 10, New York Governor Cuomo said that if the United States does not increase the number of nucleic acid tests, it will not be able to contain the epidemic.