Infographic on Facebook Distorts Comparative Facts on Viruses
Quick Take
A misleading chart being spread on Facebook, erroneously dubbing the new coronavirus the “least deadly virus,” contains outdated information about the coronavirus and erroneous information about the death rate of the 2009 pandemic of H1N1.
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Health officials around the world don’t yet know with certainty the death rate of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, but some U.S. officials are currently estimating the disease is 10 times more fatal than the seasonal flu.
Posts , however, in January, so it cites old data about coronavirus cases and deaths, and it contains an error that makes COVID-19 look less fatal than the .
