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    Yes, it is worse than the flu: busting the coronavirus myths

    The truth about the protective value of face masks and how easy it is to catch Covid-19
    by Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Feb 28, 2020 2 minutes
    People wear protective masks on the subway in São Paulo, Brazil. Photograph: Victor Moriyama/Getty Images

    Claim: ‘It is no more dangerous than winter flu’

    Many individuals who get coronavirus will experience nothing worse than seasonal flu symptoms, but the overall profile of the disease, including its mortality rate, looks more serious. At the start of an outbreak the apparent mortality rate can be an overestimate if a lot of mild cases are being missed. But this week,

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