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Learning to live with low systematic risk is also a way forward. We have learned to live with the flu and other diseases - and people still die from them.

• cblconfederate 6y ago
  Tbf i was never comfortable with the seasonal flus and colds. Why are we tolerating that as a necessary evil, loss of productivity, people losing a week of their lives. Schools and workplaces are not even trying to mitigate the spread during high flu season, and that's wrong.
  • drawfloat 6y ago
    Because the way to stop the spread of flu would be living in full lockdown forever. Not only would that be the end for most of the economy, just a year has shown the other serious negative health impacts that inflicts on people. We have locked down to deal with the imminent disaster posed by COVID-19, but pretending this is sustainable in the long term is delusional. Illness is a fact of life. Maybe one day we'll cure flu and the common cold, but in the meantime we accept the minimal risk in exchange for being able to actually enjoy life.
    • cblconfederate 6y ago
      We can adapt some things though, e.g. move school holidays to overlap with high flu season. Reduce office spread by managing people appropriate etc. Illness is certainly natural, but hoarding kids in classrooms and packing people in trains are not.
    • dredmorbius 6y ago
      Sick leave, masking, vacation scheduling, and vaccination requirements would make a huge degree of progress.