Caraga InFocus – July 18-24, 2020

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Covid-19 not comparable to other diseases: health expert By Ma. Teresa Montemayor

The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is not comparable to other diseases, a health expert said Monday. In a Covid-19 virtual presser, UP Covid-19 Pandemic Response Team member Dr. Darwin Bandoy said researches providing “simple comparisons with other diseases could be misleading”.

ganitong lang porsiyento tapos ikocompare nila sa Covid-19. Hindi po nila napapansin na ang datos na iyon ay for one year, wala pa pong one year ang Covid-19, bago palang natin nakukuha ang data, so may mga improper comparison na nagsisilbi sa mga tao na “Halimbawa, sasabihin nila ang baliwalain nila (For example, they’ll say namamatay sa ganitong sakit ay only such percent died from a certain July 18-24, 2020 |

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