Viral pneumonia is a common cause of death in this country, and it's implicated in 100's of thousands of deaths & hospitalisation each year. Death's from flu or flu like symptoms are common but strangely enough full viral testing is not.
I was reading that some of the other Coronaviruses that do the rounds each year as 'common colds' can kill upwards of 8% of those that end up in ICU from them. Unfortunately though studies of common Coronaviruses and there impacts on mortality & severe hospitalisation have been limited when in comparison to influenza and other viruses.
What is known though that Coronaviruses frequently co-infect with other viruses and bacteria. That's to say for example that you could be infected with Influenza and a coronavirus at the same time - not great for anyone.
Originally Posted by: picturesareme