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It's not selfish to treat something like the flu. This means I wash my hands, get vaccinated yearly, and take other common-sense precautions. That's not "being
by abstractbarista 7y ago
It's not selfish to treat something like the flu. This means I wash my hands, get vaccinated yearly, and take other common-sense precautions. That's not "being an ass", it's being rational.
- JulianMorrison 7y agoCommon sense precautions here are much more stringent than the flu. Nobody is immune. There is no vaccination. Herd immunity is nil. And it's very infectious. This is a new thing and you should treat it as a new thing. There has not in living memory been one this bad, against which we had no defense except to avoid catching it and spreading it.
- abstractbarista 7y agoActually MERS was far more scary with a death rate around 34% (from WHO). It just didn't transmit so well.
- Tyr42 7y agoThere isn't a vaccine yet.
- abstractbarista 7y agoObviously. Which is why you do the other common-sense things you should always do. Wash hands, don't touch your mouth, etc.
- ionwake 7y agoYou're being patronising and he aswell as others , did not understand your point.
- rsynnott 7y agoAnd which vaccine were you considering getting for this, precisely? That's part of the problem; even if it was "just like the flu" (it is not; in particular the percentage of cases requiring advanced medical treatment is much higher, which will lead to a rise in mortality as that treatment is oversubscribed), the flu would be pretty scary if the annual vaccine didn't exist.
- abstractbarista 7y agoAnd isn't it amazing how many people neglect to get the flu vaccine (even when they can afford it - I don't look down on those who can't)? The flu is actually quite scary - they are the frog in hot water.
- ionwake 7y agoare you talking to yourself?