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Not downplaying covid, but diarrhea kills 10M+ people globally. I also find turning a blind eye to other important topics and media laser-focus on covid a bit u
by ricardobayes 5y ago
Not downplaying covid, but diarrhea kills 10M+ people globally. I also find turning a blind eye to other important topics and media laser-focus on covid a bit upsetting. But also understanding how media is profiting from it. Further on that, big pharma lobby is huge on boosters for young people. There is very little benefits for boosters for under 40's. You are talking a 0.1% decrease of hospitalization (from 0.2%). Countries like Spain didn't even roll them out until very recently for this reason (although last October they said they will not roll it out at all for under 30s).
- throwaway22032 5y agoI figure it's a loss aversion thing. Coronavirus is new and therefore feels like a loss we can revert, whereas solving diarrhea or other issues would feel like a gain. It's irrational but then, we be meat bags innit.