SINGAPORE - Covid-19 has not been shown to be more deadly than the flu, said local experts responding to two recent studies that say Omicron, while not as virulent as earlier variants, caused more fatalities in the last winter season than influenza. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Covid-19 has not been shown to be more deadly than the flu, said local experts responding to two recent studies that say Omicron, while not as virulent as earlier variants, caused more fatalities in the last winter season than influenza.The first study, by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs , looked at more than 11,000 people who were hospitalised after confirmation of either Covid-19 or the flu, between Oct 1, 2022, and Jan 31, 2023.
This study, which has not been peer-reviewed, was a special early release from the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, which is meeting in Copenhagen from April 15 to 18. However, that jump in cases did not presage a new wave of infections, as the number dropped to 16,018 in the week of April 2.
He added: “Genetic drifts that occur over the course of months and even years in influenza viruses can give rise to strains with greater propensity to cause severe lung infection.”Professor Paul Tambyah, an infectious diseases specialist at National University Hospital, agreed with Prof Ooi that the studies were not designed to compare mortality rates, and that the severity of the flu bug varies from year to year.
His colleague, Associate Professor Hsu Liyang, pointed out that the studies merely showed the number of hospitalised patients with Covid-19 or the flu who had died, and not that they had died of Covid-19 or the flu. Some patients may have been hospitalised for some other problem, but happened to be infected.
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