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When people die of pneumonia from the flu, is it the same or a different pneumonia than the one from covid-19?
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Pneumonia: Both influenza and Covid can cause pneumonia. People who die from influenza often have contracted a secondary bacterial pneumonia. While this can happen with Covid, many of the patients who die have developed a severe and overwhelming inflammatory response in the lungs which prevents normal lung function.
Answered 4/23/2020
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