Comparing COVID-19 to a "Pandemic Flu" is even more disingenuous. Very few people alive today have a memory of the Spanish Flu. When you say that you play into

Comparing COVID-19 to a "Pandemic Flu" is even more disingenuous. Very few people alive today have a memory of the Spanish Flu. When you say that you play into Republican hands because everyone who "wants to believe" will think regular flu. That's what the Fox Newses are pushing, as you are well aware. Mortality rate for the "regular flu" are well under the mortality rate for ALL age groups except the under 20 folks. (https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=seasonal+flu+death+rate+by+age&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=seasonal+flu+death+rate+by+...) The regular flu does NOT kill significantly more young people than COVID-19. The number of young people killed by either is almost a statistical outlier when comparing against overall deaths. > Could you clarify this point? COVID-19 deaths take away far more wellbeing-years per death than the regular flu. (https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-75/v1 https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-75/v1)