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Rabies doesn't spread like covid...

EricE 5y ago
COVID isn't deadly like rabies either. Indeed COVID is turning out to be less deadly than the flu for the vast majority of people, especially the more recent variants. While being far more virulent they are also far less likely to make one seriously ill, let alone kill.
- wolverine876 5y ago
  Over 800,000 people have died in the US alone, more than any other event in US history.
  - Nemrod67 5y ago
    2M people die every year in the USA, is that more than any other event in History? such lunacy
    - robflynn 5y ago
      They clearly mean from one specific event. What one event in the USA has lead to 2 million deaths? You're combining all deaths and treating it as if it were the same thing.
      - JacobThreeThree 5y ago
        >You're combining all deaths and treating it as if it were the same thing. Couldn't that be applied to deaths from other diseases? Why wouldn't all influenza deaths be considered one event by this standard?
        robflynn 5y ago
        No? Are we in an influenza pandemic or epidemic right now? Again, we're talking about events here. There have been six of them in the last 140 years with respect to influenza. The Spanish Flu pandemic killed 675k (in the USA, like 50 mil worldwide or something wild like that.)
    - Dylan16807 5y ago
      Any other event in US history. If you're so sure, name one. Civil war was less than a million, by the way.
  - hnuser847 5y ago
    It wasn't. Heart disease and cancer kill far more people on an annual basis and nobody bats an eye. According to the CDC, these were the top 10 causes of death in 2020[1]: * Heart disease: 696,962 * Cancer: 602,350 * COVID-19: 350,831 * Accidents (unintentional injuries): 200,955 * Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 160,264 * Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 152,657 * Alzheimer’s disease: 134,242 * Diabetes: 102,188 * Influenza and Pneumonia: 53,544 * Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 52,547 [1] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm
    - kingsloi 5y ago
      all are lower than 800,000
      - hnuser847 5y ago
        The 800,000 figure spans two years. The above figures are for one year (2020).
    - triceratops 5y ago
      > Heart disease and cancer kill far more people on an annual basis and nobody bats an eye I mean there are massive institutes, companies, and laboratories engaged in research on both these topics, tons of fund-raising, campaigns to improve diet and exercise, shockingly expensive treatments and so on. Other than all of that, yes, nobody bats an eye.

COVID isn't deadly like rabies either. Indeed COVID is turning out to be less deadly than the flu for the vast majority of people, especially the more recent variants. While being far more virulent they are also far less likely to make one seriously ill, let alone kill.

wolverine876 5y ago
Over 800,000 people have died in the US alone, more than any other event in US history.
- Nemrod67 5y ago
  2M people die every year in the USA, is that more than any other event in History? such lunacy
  - robflynn 5y ago
    They clearly mean from one specific event. What one event in the USA has lead to 2 million deaths? You're combining all deaths and treating it as if it were the same thing.
    - JacobThreeThree 5y ago
      >You're combining all deaths and treating it as if it were the same thing. Couldn't that be applied to deaths from other diseases? Why wouldn't all influenza deaths be considered one event by this standard?
      - robflynn 5y ago
        No? Are we in an influenza pandemic or epidemic right now? Again, we're talking about events here. There have been six of them in the last 140 years with respect to influenza. The Spanish Flu pandemic killed 675k (in the USA, like 50 mil worldwide or something wild like that.)
  - Dylan16807 5y ago
    Any other event in US history. If you're so sure, name one. Civil war was less than a million, by the way.
- hnuser847 5y ago
  It wasn't. Heart disease and cancer kill far more people on an annual basis and nobody bats an eye. According to the CDC, these were the top 10 causes of death in 2020[1]: * Heart disease: 696,962 * Cancer: 602,350 * COVID-19: 350,831 * Accidents (unintentional injuries): 200,955 * Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 160,264 * Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 152,657 * Alzheimer’s disease: 134,242 * Diabetes: 102,188 * Influenza and Pneumonia: 53,544 * Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 52,547 [1] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm
  - kingsloi 5y ago
    all are lower than 800,000
    - hnuser847 5y ago
      The 800,000 figure spans two years. The above figures are for one year (2020).
  - triceratops 5y ago
    > Heart disease and cancer kill far more people on an annual basis and nobody bats an eye I mean there are massive institutes, companies, and laboratories engaged in research on both these topics, tons of fund-raising, campaigns to improve diet and exercise, shockingly expensive treatments and so on. Other than all of that, yes, nobody bats an eye.