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alien_from_Europa t1_ixy5iix wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in S.Korea's new COVID-19 cases in 50,000 range amid winter resurgence worries by 4inalfantasy

>Covid is a strain of the Flu.

It's a Coronavirus related to SARS; not a flu strain. Its other name is SARS-COV-2. It's in the family Coronaviridae while the flu is in the family Orthomyxoviridae.

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[deleted] t1_ixy6bbt wrote

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Bowgs t1_ixy7r5i wrote

Should have, and no, it's not a type of influenza. As the other guy said, it's a coronavirus, completely unrelated to the flu.

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[deleted] t1_ixy8hs0 wrote

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Bowgs t1_ixy8rqv wrote

So are you a troll or an idiot? Coronaviruses and influenza viruses are different families of viruses and always have been. That's a scientific thing and not a political thing, and nothing has changed.

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BitterFuture t1_ixyeb9q wrote

Complaining about efforts to save lives being attempts to control people - definitely a troll.

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[deleted] t1_ixy8xx8 wrote

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Bowgs t1_ixy9f2c wrote

H1N1 is not a coronavirus, it's a flu virus. SARS is not considered to be a flu strain, it was suspected very early in to be one because of the symptoms. Once it was studied it was confirmed to be a coronavirus

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[deleted] t1_ixycthh wrote

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Bowgs t1_ixydrvl wrote

None of that is true. You're assuming I wasn't around when H1N1 blew up. I was, and it was always referred to as flu. No-one has changed the definition of coronavirus and you're using the standard conspiracy theorist trick of "do your own research" because your have zero evidence to back up your outlandish claims.

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quadriplegic_cheetah t1_ixygtc7 wrote

Must be a troll. Nobody is actually this dumb.

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Twometershadow t1_ixyihk6 wrote

Not a troll. Been on Reddit for way too long. Thanks for staying Im “dumb”.

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quadriplegic_cheetah t1_ixyj9fc wrote

That’s what a troll would say. Spelling mistakes included.

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Twometershadow t1_ixyjm3t wrote

Not my best attribute. I do much better with math. Thanks for pointing that out!

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