Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-06-25 16:44:41 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C8FD890ACCEE7FECEC4520F0E62CD97F8908DF0C210FB6D615394D4EF673E56F
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The flu was not rebranded as COVID-19. The flu is derived from the influenza virus, COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2 a coronavirus. They are not caused by the same pathogen. The flu typically kills 12,000-60,000 annually in U.S. COVID-19 killed over 345,000 in 2020 alone https://fullfact.org/online/covid-19-is-not-flu/ https://www.cdc.gov/flu/symptoms/flu-vs-covid19.htm https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2778234
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