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The flu is a contagious disease, but you never made a big deal about it until now, at least according to your post history. The only reason you're making a big
by steveeq1 6y ago
The flu is a contagious disease, but you never made a big deal about it until now, at least according to your post history. The only reason you're making a big deal about it is because the media is. The IFR is actually going DOWN, not UP.
- chowchowchow 6y agoJust post “wake up sheeple!” and move on. this you’re tricked by the media shtick has no place here. Also “aha! You never made a big deal on hacker news about this other contagious disease which has been with humanity for millennia! You are a fraud!” Is not a good argument.
- steveeq1 6y agoBut the media is known to put misleading articles because it generates more ratings. This is no different.
- chowchowchow 6y agoOK. You should take your boilerplate media conspiracy content somewhere else, it has no place here.
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- fzeroracer 6y agoThe IFR is variable based on where it's sampled and the range is anywhere from 0.2 to 0.8ish. This isn't 'media bullshit', this is from actual studies. Even at the lower bounds of 0.2, that places it at double the IFR of the seasonal flu. It seems more like the only reason why you're not making a big deal out of it is because you've bought into irrational skepticism. The fact is that I have family members that are severely at risk if they were to catch the coronavirus, so I have a vested interest in making sure that they don't get it. But if it makes you feel better, by all means include me as part of your media conspiracy.
- steveeq1 6y agoI have family members that "are severely at risk", which is why I am self-infecting then quarantining. That way, antibodies form naturally and I can't spread it to anyone, including my family and yours. And the IFR keeps going down, not up.