Every year the flu causes (or caused, until this year) tens of thousands of deaths which theoretically could have been prevented (or really, postponed, since no

Every year the flu causes (or caused, until this year) tens of thousands of deaths which theoretically could have been prevented (or really, postponed, since no one lives forever) by bringing human social and economic relations to a standstill. Wherever one falls on this question, it's extraordinarily obtuse to focus solely on the fact that people are dying from COVID and advocate any measures necessary to reduce the number without taking heed of the broader risks of doing so.