Reply To: Chareidi community highly suceptible to coronavirus

This is NOT the flu because of:
⬤ ZERO population immunity
⬤ 1-0.5% case-fatality (>10-20 times higher than average flu)
⬤ Basic reproduction number = 2.2-4
(this means that, on average, an infected person will infect 2.2 to 4 other people. For average influenza epidemic the number is about 1.3)
⬤ Potential to overload ICUs and ERs, further increasing case-fatality