Claim: Tuberculosis kills more than COVID-19. Why is this new virus given so much importance?
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Verdict: while both tuberculosis  and covid-19 are lethal and life-threatening, especially for a country like india, the fact is that tb is curable and has medicines, while coronavirus does not have a cure or a vaccine yet. also, tb is caused by bacteria whereas covid-19 is caused by a virus. while antibiotic drugs usually kill bacteria, they aren't effective against viruses.
Organisation: First Check
Author: Varadarajan Ananthakrishnan
Date published: 2020-09-02T23:40:59