To the 646,000 people who die of the flu each year world wide, here are 2 fingers from the rest of us. Sorry we didn't stop world travel, stop working, stop sports, stop standing next to each other, didn't close the schools, started washing our hands more often or generally caring a jot about you. |
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"To the 646,000 people who die of the flu each year world wide, here are 2 fingers from the rest of us. Sorry we didn't stop world travel, stop working, stop sports, stop standing next to each other, didn't close the schools, started washing our hands more often or generally caring a jot about you. "
You are right Jennie. But of course in practice most of us do. If I had a cold/flu in the past I wouldn't go to visit my old granny (dead now at 101) and wouldn't go to work and spread it around if I could avoid it. This is obviously a little different because it is new but the hysteria and paranoia seems excessive to me. Someone on another thread pointed out that many people would have had this already and not even known about it. 8000 people died because of flu complication in Britain last year and no one gave a hoot.
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over a year ago
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The thing is Coronovirus is not new. This particular strain is.
Those of us who are fit and physically healthy will experience a mild cold.
Those who have underlying conditions especially the elderly will experience more difficulties.
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By *ndykayMan
over a year ago
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"A bit harsh really.
I think people do care.
And it is very different - every year they develop a new vaccine for the flu and world governments spend vast sums of money vaccinating people."
The vaccine is only good for the LAST strain of flu. It mutates every year |
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So just because people die of the flu already it's ok for a more dangerous strain of the flu to add to that mortality rate?
At this point we don't have a annual quote for how many people will die of Covid-19, when it will stop and what will work to prevent it, you also don't know that it will be like a mild cold.
You can't sit there and justify your incomparable facts.
A pandemic hits and suddenly everyone is an expert cause they googled some facts  |
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"A bit harsh really.
I think people do care.
And it is very different - every year they develop a new vaccine for the flu and world governments spend vast sums of money vaccinating people.
The vaccine is only good for the LAST strain of flu. It mutates every year "
I agree - which is why I said they develop a new vaccine every year in my post. |
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By *ndykayMan
over a year ago
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"A bit harsh really.
I think people do care.
And it is very different - every year they develop a new vaccine for the flu and world governments spend vast sums of money vaccinating people.
The vaccine is only good for the LAST strain of flu. It mutates every year
I agree - which is why I said they develop a new vaccine every year in my post."
The point was - that vaccine won’t stop a new strain. It will only stop the last. |
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I think we’re not being told the truth about the statistics and it is much much worse than we think, the whole world is not long away from lockdown, when have we ever saw anything like this before ?? Never !!! Watch this space it’s going to get bad very quick now as there building make shift mortuaries. Got to saw I have never been as worried. |
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"To the 646,000 people who die of the flu each year world wide, here are 2 fingers from the rest of us. Sorry we didn't stop world travel, stop working, stop sports, stop standing next to each other, didn't close the schools, started washing our hands more often or generally caring a jot about you. "
Far too early to make comments like the above
Corona appears to be a threat in much more ways than just the virus itself
finance is collapsing around the world, business's are folding
stocks crashing
its a worrying time
perhaps the people with nothing are the better off.... nothing to lose
you cant lose what you dont have
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"To the 646,000 people who die of the flu each year world wide, here are 2 fingers from the rest of us. Sorry we didn't stop world travel, stop working, stop sports, stop standing next to each other, didn't close the schools, started washing our hands more often or generally caring a jot about you.
Far too early to make comments like the above
Corona appears to be a threat in much more ways than just the virus itself
finance is collapsing around the world, business's are folding
stocks crashing
its a worrying time
perhaps the people with nothing are the better off.... nothing to lose
you cant lose what you dont have
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That sounds smug as fuck.
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Everyone's views are fair. It may be callus but the only people dying are the old and infirm. My guess is most would have died anyway. Of course we must make an effort to protect people from the virus but if we are trashing our economy for the young people and children there has to be a line drawn. The NHS regularly makes economic decisions about drugs that could save lives and this is no difference. |
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Absolutely agree, the world is over reacting in the extreme. Where was this reaction to the HIV pandemic that once killed 100% of those affected. What have we done about malaria? When things don't directly affect us we dont give a fuck, and now you have a by comparison miniscule risk of dying from a disease that is generally not that symptomatic we are all panicking? People are selfish and pathetic and that is all I have learned about our current situation. |
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"I don't know if it's wilful or just unapologetic stupidity, but the kindness vacuum on display in these type of threads is mortifying. "
Yeeup definitely one of life's mysteries.  |
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"So just because people die of the flu already it's ok for a more dangerous strain of the flu to add to that mortality rate?
At this point we don't have a annual quote for how many people will die of Covid-19, when it will stop and what will work to prevent it, you also don't know that it will be like a mild cold.
You can't sit there and justify your incomparable facts.
A pandemic hits and suddenly everyone is an expert cause they googled some facts "
And that's why there is social media hysteria now, because people googled it! SARS in 2002. Same pandemic and source etc. But no worldwide reaction as internet was very limited, and social media didn't exist. |
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