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You went through way too much effort only to miss the point to which I replied (which was your own comment). I specifically mentioned that covid fatalities in t
by noarchy 6y ago
You went through way too much effort only to miss the point to which I replied (which was your own comment). I specifically mentioned that covid fatalities in the US appear to exceed that of the flu. That was my point. I said absolutely nothing about death rates.
- wernercd 6y agoMy point is about rates... COVID is less lethal than the Flu even if it's temporarily causing more damage because it's new. You said nothing about death rates? I did... the rates are very important when it comes to decisions about whether or not we should lose our collective shit over it or not. Something that's more communicable than others but less lethal than the flu? We can't contain it and shutting the country down is going to destroy more lives and cause more damage than COVID. My original post was that COVID is less lethal. And it is turning out, that with more information coming out each day, this is true. My definition of Less lethal = deaths / infection count. I'd also add that it's hard to take current COVID death counts serious when hospitals across the country get paid more for COVID cases. It's hard to not see hospitals that are hurting for money turn down 30% more money for the same cases.