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Do you know how many old people die every day from respiratory problems similar to Corona symptoms? But until the corona showed up no one cared. Coming to work
by tinyhouse 7y ago
Do you know how many old people die every day from respiratory problems similar to Corona symptoms? But until the corona showed up no one cared. Coming to work sick with a flu was a common thing everywhere I worked. Sending sick kids to school etc. People stay at home now because there are too many unknowns. Once it's treated as another flu things will go back to normal.
- DanBC 7y agoYou're forgetting that we spend considerable time and effort tackling flu with national programmes of vaccination every year, and multi-national coordinated monitoring programmes -- the Global Influenza Surveillance & Response System. https://www.who.int/influenza/en/ https://www.who.int/influenza/en/ Have a look at some charts comparing death rates for flu and covid-19. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jbloom/CoV_vs_flu_CFR/master/CFR-stats.jpg https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jbloom/CoV_vs_flu_CFR/mast... https://twitter.com/vote4dongshen/status/1236136262039416832/photo/1 https://twitter.com/vote4dongshen/status/1236136262039416832... Covid-19 is not just another flu. Also, the choice is not "deal with flu or coronavirus", it's "deal with flu and coronavirus as well". We already see winter pressure in most health care systems because of flu season, and adding coronavirus on top is going to be pretty devastating.
- mrtksn 7y agoDo the %20 of the residents of care homes die spontaneously in a week or two? https://twitter.com/NickSzabo4/status/1236532896963280896 https://twitter.com/NickSzabo4/status/1236532896963280896