Coronavirus is not the flu. It's worse.
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Published 2020-04-01
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Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, has similar symptoms to the flu. They also spread in similar ways. So it's natural to want to compare the two. But Covid-19 is very different, in ways that make it much more dangerous. And understanding how is key to understanding why we have to take it so seriously.
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2020 : The year your hands will consume more alcohol than your mouth .
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Imagine if someone in 2019 said next year you will be an effective member of society by staying home and watching Netflix
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“Social Distancing is our best defense” Schools: Imma pretend I didn’t hear that Welp I just dodged a bullet, almost got direct exposure, but I prob still need to quarantine. You never know
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‘But scientists expect that number to go up, way up’ Me chilling here in August while the world records almost 1 million deaths.
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Introverts - This is no longer working out for me, now my family is always home and always annoying
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Everybody gangsta till “Total Organ Failure” mutates
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can't believe this was 7 months ago...
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"It's like the flu" Yeah and a Lamborghini is like a corolla. It has four wheels, AC, seats, takes you places... yeah pretty much alike. Like a truck, also.
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1920: There will be flying cars in the future 2020: how to wash your hands
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Everybody gangsta till medical staff get overwhelmed
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Me before the pandemic :she’s hot, how can I approach her. Me during covid : she’s hot ,i better distance myself
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March 2020 Deaths Projection: 34,000 World Wide March 2021 Deaths Projection: 500,000 USA & 3,000,000 World Wide
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Hello history students of 2090!! Hope your time period is better than this one!
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You know things are bad when not one person says an April fool's day joke to you the whole day.
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Flu made me feel worse then Covid
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5:58 when you're trying to reach a word count "It almost numbs us, or can numb us, or make us even maybe feel better about the current situation because the current situation is bad, so now is not the time to be numb, you need to be vigilant and use our vigilance for useful actions."
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I can't wrap my head around the fact that I'm living through a huge historical event. Times are just so strange
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Not to brag but I washed my hands before Corona became a pandemic.
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that's why no one is posting "feeling sick" on Facebook....
