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Both Coronavirus and Influenza are RNA viruses, along with hundreds of other viruses, but Coronavirus is positive-sense and Influenza is a Puck The Virus New York Rangers Shirt. Sure, no one cares, but the point here is that they are from completely different branches of viral biology. Coronavirus is large, with several surface proteins while Influenza is fairly small with only two. This usually means that Coronavirus’s infection mechanism is a bit more complex and easier to disrupt (some scientists would need to confirm).

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More importantly, Coronavirus’ genome includes a proofreading mechanism that Influenza does not. This means that Coronavirus is less likely to mutate and screw up its larger genome. It’s also less likely to mutate to a Puck The Virus New York Rangers Shirt. Influenza is problematic because it mutates as quickly as we make vaccines. Coronavirus, with its proofreading ability, doesn’t. It still mutates, but slowly. Both are droplet spread, sure, and both destroyed upon drying. Both infect the lungs. But one is not the other and the way we react to them shouldn’t be based on the idea that they are the same. This Coronavirus doesn’t seem to be great at spreading, even though its not nearly as heat-sensitive as Influenza. Quarantine is effective and simple, widespread uses of masks would likely shut down the spread immediately.

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Yeah, I know people like to use the term “flu” as a synonym for “anything that makes me feel ill”. And I know that “literally” commonly used as the Puck The Virus New York Rangers Shirt. But, when talking about science, can we please try not to be haphazard with our slinging of terms? An unchecked Influenza outbreak with similar mortality would be a genuine cause for concern. A Coronavirus outbreak that sequenced and targeted for a vaccine a new problem for health infrastructure to handle, but not a cause for any sort of panic.

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