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+# Covid website
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+This project was created to help people find information about covid-2019 (also known as Coronavirus) and help them protect themselves.
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+## What is covid-2019 and Coronavirus
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+Coronavirus (*coronavirae*) is a family of viruses. Covid-2019 (nCov-19) is part of that family, but SARS is as well, and there are major differencies:
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+* SARS has around 20% kill-rate, but is way less infectious than Covid
+* Covid-2019 has around **2%** kill-rate (only those who were older or had weaker defensivness)
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+More informations coming soon.