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> I do want to question the effect on the society, and the personal responsibility of everyone involved. What does this mean? There are many factors at play h
by agd 6y ago
> I do want to question the effect on the society, and the personal responsibility of everyone involved.
What does this mean?
There are many factors at play here. Aside from mortality, you also have to look at the R0. Covid 19 has a significantly higher R0 than seasonal flu (estimated 1.5 vs 2.5+).
In addition, many people have some immune resistance to seasonal flu, but there was no existing resistance to Covid 19.
You only have to look at the health situation in Italy, Portugal, UK and elsewhere to see the difference between the two. Or look at the excess death graphs.
- firebaze 6y agoCovid19 is a new disease, noone is primed (by natural immunity) against it. It will be more deadly by nature since this is what nature is. I doubt our response is good. We must protect vulnerable people, and we have the means to. But this is what we are neglecting, and this is what causes deaths. And while we're not protecting vulnerable people, we're also harming (to a not yet known degree) people who are not vulnerable at all: the young. The're being deprived of their education (at least in europe), of their young years, of living their young life. Even my parents in their 60s say they'd rather protect themselves or die instead of causing depression among the young. But who cares.
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