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Posted on 10/14/20 at 2:12 pm to Mithridates6
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Whatever, it's not apples to apples and you know that.
No, it's not. Flu kills a tiny fraction of the number that covid does each year, but it does so exclusively in the fall and winter (which we're just entering) and it does so without mass efforts at distancing and mask-wearing and the like. If we put the effort into not catching the flu that we have for covid the number of flu deaths would be cut drastically, even with a vaccine.
Posted on 10/14/20 at 2:13 pm to Rhino5
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There are millions of us who will brave it for you. Stay home. Not sure why generations of people have to stay at home just so they don’t get 85 year old grandma sick.
But you got your wish. Sounds like the game is off.
Yes, you're not sure why you should do something for the good of someone else. That's why we are where we are as a nation, in a nutshell.
Posted on 10/14/20 at 2:14 pm to tigooner
I think you guys are arguing the same thing.
Posted on 10/14/20 at 2:17 pm to tigooner
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Yes, you're not sure why you should do something for the good of someone else. That's why we are where we are as a nation, in a nutshell.
And at some point you have to consider nature/survival of the fittest, whatever. It’s clear the working age and young people are handling the virus better than the elderly, yet they’re being robbed of school, vacations, games, and experiences.
Anyhow, y’all got your wish.
Posted on 10/14/20 at 2:29 pm to tigooner
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it's not. Flu kills a tiny fraction of the number that covid does each year, but it does so exclusively in the fall and winter (which we're just entering) and it does so without mass efforts at distancing and mask-wearing and the like. If we put the effort into not catching the flu that we have for covid the number of flu deaths would be cut drastically, even with a vaccine.
So why don’t we do this? Because it’s unsustainable, just as it has been for covid
Posted on 10/14/20 at 2:33 pm to tigooner
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No, it's not. Flu kills a tiny fraction of the number that covid does each year, but it does so exclusively in the fall and winter (which we're just entering) and it does so without mass efforts at distancing and mask-wearing and the like. If we put the effort into not catching the flu that we have for covid the number of flu deaths would be cut drastically, even with a vaccine.
If we tested every single person that came into the hospital for the flu then deaths would raise drastically
With flu
Of flu
Posted on 10/14/20 at 2:34 pm to tigooner
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If we put the effort into not catching the flu that we have for covid the number of flu deaths would be cut drastically, even with a vaccine.
And we'd the economy would collapse, we'd resemble a former eastern bloc country: police state with everyone on the sole; I'm sure you'd love that too
Posted on 10/14/20 at 2:34 pm to djsdawg
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So why don’t we do this? Because it’s unsustainable, just as it has been for covid
Because we're talking about a scale difference. The difference between tens of thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands or even millions.
The sad part is that it isn't unsustainable if we'd just gotten our shite together and done it right from the start. Countries that are handling this well are having very few cases right now and so they can trace the cases they do have, which means they can go out and do as they like for the most part. The only reason social distancing and staying home and the like are still so important to us is that we never got things under control in the first place.
Posted on 10/14/20 at 2:34 pm to tigooner
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It's not even true for college students. Which is why the 'it's only killing old people' argument has always been dumb. Diseases kill old people more easily than young people. News at 11. Covid is more dangerous than flu in every age bracket. By a lot in most cases.
100% incorrect
Posted on 10/14/20 at 2:35 pm to tigooner
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Covid is more dangerous than flu in every age bracket. By a lot in most cases.
Not in the younger brackets, which is where our players fit in. By a lot less
Posted on 10/14/20 at 2:35 pm to lsupride87
quote:The Aggies didn't get to make their own decision.
He is the only leader with balls. He is letting human beings make their own decisions.
Posted on 10/14/20 at 2:35 pm to JesusQuintana
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100% incorrect
you're talking out of your arse. There is no demographic for which flu is more dangerous than covid. Covid kills fewer younger people than older people. Great, so does influenza and every other disease.
Posted on 10/14/20 at 2:37 pm to tigooner
quote:You are an outright liar
Covid is more dangerous than flu in every age bracket. By a lot in most cases.
Directly from the CDC
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flu
0-4 - .01%
5-17 - .01%
18-49 - .02%
50-64 - .06%
65+ - .83%
covid
0-19 Years .003%
20-49 Years .02%
50-69 Years .5%
70+ Years 5.4%
Posted on 10/14/20 at 2:37 pm to tigooner
quote:You are an outright liar, get off this board and go spread your lies on reddit
you're talking out of your arse. There is no demographic for which flu is more dangerous than covid
flu
0-4 - .01%
5-17 - .01%
18-49 - .02%
50-64 - .06%
65+ - .83%
covid
0-19 Years .003%
20-49 Years .02%
50-69 Years .5%
70+ Years 5.4%
This post was edited on 10/14/20 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 10/14/20 at 2:37 pm to djsdawg
Posted on 10/14/20 at 2:38 pm to tigooner
Nice article from June, that compares CFR to IFR 
Posted on 10/14/20 at 2:39 pm to lsupride87
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You are an outright liar, get off this board and go spread your lies on reddit
let's see your link
Posted on 10/14/20 at 2:40 pm to tigooner
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On average in the US, the flu's death rate is .1%, while the coronavirus' death rate is 5.2%
Ok we can throw that article out
Posted on 10/14/20 at 2:41 pm to tigooner
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Because we're talking about a scale difference. The difference between tens of thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands or even millions.
The sad part is that it isn't unsustainable if we'd just gotten our shite together and done it right from the start. Countries that are handling this well are having very few cases right now and so they can trace the cases they do have, which means they can go out and do as they like for the most part. The only reason social distancing and staying home and the like are still so important to us is that we never got things under control in the first place.
Lol, you are so full of disinformation.
The only country even remotely “over” Covid right now (of any significance) is Sweden who pissed all over you and your friends fear mongering little faces with their response.
Tell me what you know about PCR cycles, false positives and why ours are so much higher than in Europe. I’ll wait
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