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There’s a massive difference between COVID and those diseases, though, in terms of impact (death, crippling, etc) on the young and healthy. COVID isn’t all peac
by christophilus 5y ago
There’s a massive difference between COVID and those diseases, though, in terms of impact (death, crippling, etc) on the young and healthy. COVID isn’t all peaches and cream, but it’s not smallpox. The response to smallpox warrants a different level of severity than COVID.
- foo_barrio 5y agoJust looking at the Wikipedia page suggests that Polio outcomes are quite similar to COVID: * 70% asymptomatic * 25% minor symptoms with a 2 week recovery * 0.5% chance of infecting central nervous system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio