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taniaspencer.bsky.social
COVID has killed 4x more than flu.

❎ The bad news: this year, younger/healthy Canadians can only get 1x dose of #COVID vaccine.

✅ The good news: as soon as you develop #LongCOVID, you'll be eligible for 2x doses.

#COVIDIsNotFlu & flu is no picnic either.
gregorytravis.com Gregory Travis @gregorytravis.com · May 24
Weekly COVID vs. Influenza report

SARS-CoV-2 infection has again pulled away from flu as the leading cause of significant ongoing mortality

In May of 2025:
732 died of the flu
1,475 died of COVID (two times (2x) the rate of flu)

April of 2025:
COVID has killed four times (4x) more than flu
May 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
rs21edinburgh.bsky.social
Comprehensive review confirms mask effectiveness against respiratory infections, urges better design and policy support — Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
#WearAMask
#CovidIsNotFlu
www.phc.ox.ac.uk/news/compreh...
Comprehensive review confirms mask effectiveness against respiratory infections, urges better design and policy support
New comprehensive review provides strong evidence that masks and respirators effectively reduce the transmission of respiratory infections like COVID-19, based on analysis of over 400 studies from mul...
www.phc.ox.ac.uk
April 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
"New analysis by the Institute’s Mortality Working Group of mortality between January and November 2024 found 3,676 people died from Covid-19 – 69% more than predicted"

"Covid-19 deaths at 3,676 were 5 times more than the 728 recorded for influenza"

#COVID19Australia #COVIDisNotFLU #COVIDisNotOVER
March 20, 2025 at 4:34 AM
drinfosec.bsky.social
Great 🧵 by Dr Elisa Perego taking apart the myth (disinfo) that Covid is like the common cold. 👏
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18267...

Lots of receipts & examples.

#Covid #CovidIsntOver #CovidIsNOTFlu
Thread by @elisaperego78 on Thread Reader App
@elisaperego78: Covid isn't the "common cold". Covid=common cold/flu is an argument that some policymakers, pundits, and so-called "experts" have been trying to make since much earlier in the pandemic...
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August 22, 2024 at 11:02 PM
nikki-s.bsky.social
These photographs say it all.

#CovidIsNotFlu
#CovidIsNotOver
#StopTheSpread
#PreventLongCovid
#LongCovid
#BREATHTAKING
longcovidsupport.bsky.social Long Covid Support @longcovidsupport.bsky.social · Feb 20
🚨 #BREATHTAKING shows what a brutal illness #Covid19 is.

Dr. Abbey’s Husband tried to reassure their son: “I told him you’d be fit & well, it’s like the flu”.

Covid causes body-wide damage, often leading to debilitating #LongCovid.

#CovidIsNotFlu

#StopTheSpread
Image with black background. At the top it reads “Covid Is Not Flu”. There are 5 photographs of people with Covid and Long Covid, four of them getting oxygen and a young person in a wheelchair. Below it says #StopTheSpread. There is also our Long Covid Support logo and website address: www.longcovid.org.
February 21, 2024 at 7:36 AM
longcovidsupport.bsky.social
🚨 #BREATHTAKING shows what a brutal illness #Covid19 is.

Dr. Abbey’s Husband tried to reassure their son: “I told him you’d be fit & well, it’s like the flu”.

Covid causes body-wide damage, often leading to debilitating #LongCovid.

#CovidIsNotFlu

#StopTheSpread
Image with black background. At the top it reads “Covid Is Not Flu”. There are 5 photographs of people with Covid and Long Covid, four of them getting oxygen and a young person in a wheelchair. Below it says #StopTheSpread. There is also our Long Covid Support logo and website address: www.longcovid.org.
February 20, 2024 at 10:02 PM
thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
US: Weekly COVID update - Nearly 235,000 new cases and sadly 2,303 new deaths.

🔹This is the 6th week in a row with more than 2,000 new deaths

#COVID19US #COVIDisAirborne #COVIDisNotFlu #PandemicIsNotOver

Source: twitter.com/BNOFeed/stat...
February 12, 2024 at 5:50 AM
thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
"California health officials have shortened the COVID-19 isolation guidelines for those who test positive as the department aims to focus more on people who are the most at risk of severe illness while also working to minimize school and workplace disruptions."

#COVID19US #COVIDisNotFlu
January 19, 2024 at 6:23 AM
thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
US: California health officials shorten COVID isolation period to 1 day.

#COVID19US #COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisNotFlu

ktla.com/news/califor...
California health officials shorten COVID isolation period to 1 day
California health officials have shortened the COVID-19 isolation guidelines for those who test positive as the department aims to focus more on people who are the most at risk of severe illness wh…
ktla.com
January 19, 2024 at 6:23 AM
thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
US: More than 3 years into the pandemic, 1,500 Americans still dying from COVID every week.

"By comparison, there were 163 weekly deaths from the flu for the week ending Dec. 9, according to CDC data."

#COVID19US #COVIDisNotFlu #COVIDisNotOver

abcnews.go.com/Health/1500-...
Why are 1,500 Americans still dying from COVID every week?
Despite availability of COVID vaccines and treatments, an average of 1,500 Americans are dying from the virus every week. Experts explain why this might be happening.
abcnews.go.com
January 11, 2024 at 3:48 AM
thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
UK: "Parents will be told to stop the COVID-era practice of keeping children off school with sore throats and runny noses as part of a government push to tackle soaring absenteeism." 🤦‍♂️

#COVID19UK #COVIDisNotFlu #COVIDisNotOver

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01...
January 8, 2024 at 6:32 AM
thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
Some may easily mistake symptoms of other common illnesses, such as the flu, cold or respiratory infection. The only way to know you don’t have COVID-19 is to get tested.

#COVIDisNotFlu
December 20, 2023 at 1:32 AM