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Coronavirus is completely overblown. Regular influenza kills 12,000-61,000 Americans each year. Coronavirus is only deadly to elderly with existing medical pro
by DraftDodger67 7y ago
Coronavirus is completely overblown. Regular influenza kills 12,000-61,000 Americans each year.
Coronavirus is only deadly to elderly with existing medical problems. Its not worth shutting down the economy over. Reducing this population would also entail a reduction in healthcare and pension expenses, benefiting younger workers.
- ryuukk_ 7y agokilling people isn't issue the issue is, it's yet another widespread virus so not only people have to fight for the constant evolving flu, and now also for this one, on top of every other ones
- ainiriand 7y agoThe whole idea is that you don't need both in countries where it is not present. Using that reasoning: why do you care when malaria kills >300k yearly? We all know the numbers.
- bildung 7y agoLet me guess, you are not part of the demographic you just opted to let die in the name of cost reduction?
- imtringued 7y agoIt's only not deadly because it hasn't spread yet.
- animal531 7y agoWow. Regular flu kills around 300-650k people per year worldwide, but in general it only has a 0.1% mortality rate; and guess what, it also only basically kills the elderly. Now you have a virus with a mortality rate of 2-3%, so it'll kill a lot more people once it begins to spread. The sick people from the coronavirus also needs a lot more medical work and efforts to separate them from the rest of the populace.