According to the Baltimore classification, COVID19 is in category IV with rhinoviruses, not category V with influenza. It's explained well at about 3:30 in How are Viruses Classified?.From what we know so far, the COVID19 Coronavirus is far more serious than the influenza virus. It seems to spread more easily and seems to have a death rate of at least 10 times that of the seasonal flu virus.
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