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As we're seeing with the delta variant, the longer we allow the disease to vigorously spread, the potentially more dangerous it becomes. So we (mostly) kept ho
by macintux 5y ago
As we're seeing with the delta variant, the longer we allow the disease to vigorously spread, the potentially more dangerous it becomes.
So we (mostly) kept hospitals from having to add beds inside parking garages, and morgues from having to rent ice trucks, and perhaps we also have slowed the rate of new variants.
With the lockdowns, social distancing, masking, etc, flu deaths practically dropped to zero while COVID reached #3 for causes of death in the U.S. Just how serious could that death toll have been if we hadn't "overreacted"?
- loopz 5y agoIt'd just skyrocket until people took it seriously and locked down even more. We saw that in Italy 2020 and now in India, Brazil.
- morpheos137 5y agoIs there compelling evidence that "lockdowns" in the west actually had a significant impact on the spread?
- macintux 5y agoNot a scientist, but again the fact that we nearly eliminated the flu through our countermeasures strikes me as strong circumstantial evidence. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/season/faq-flu-season-2020-2021.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/season/faq-flu-season-2020-2021.htm
- morpheos137 5y agoI wonder how many people got the normal flu and did not report it because they did not / could not got to the doctor because of covid social distancing policies. What goes unreported does not cease to exist.
- macintux 5y agoPediatric deaths were down from 199 to 1. Admittedly the 199 was a peak, but still that’s an impressive drop. Even if we assume last year was traumatic enough that things got missed, it seems evident that the flu took it on the chin.