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Which is still really bad! Especially when wearing a mask may prevent spread by 70%. Just because other diseases are also bad is not reason to shirk personal sa
by charwalker 6y ago
Which is still really bad! Especially when wearing a mask may prevent spread by 70%. Just because other diseases are also bad is not reason to shirk personal safety and protection. I don't want the flu same as I don't want COVID.
- lbeltrame 6y agoI didn't want to downplay the fact that it can be bad. What I meant to say is that this is a respiratory disease virus, and a lot of the stuff it is supposed to cause (according to the press) is actually due to that, not because it is novel. Even the reported brain infections (neural invasion) aren't a unique feature of this virus, but are recorded as happening with other coronaviruses (the most common ones, not SARS or MERS).