RE: RE: Misinformation, Misconceptions, and Covid-19
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RE: Misinformation, Misconceptions, and Covid-19

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You mean this not yet peer-reviewed study?

I'm not sure about its accuracy, but due to my lack of time to properly get into the methods, I'll not fight that part.

Let's assume they're correct. We still have 210 193 deaths within a little bit over 4 months, and that WITH social distancing. Source

The annual deaths from influenza are on average 389 000, WITHOUT social distancing. Source

Let us assume (and I actually don't believe it) that the death rate is really 0.1% ... we still have a lot more deaths than from influenza.

That aside, it's still deaths? There are still hundreds of thousands of people dying? I get my annual flu vaccine to avoid infecting someone who might die from it. I am worried about the flu! I am even more worried about Covid19, because it's killing more people!

So, I'm not sure what you want to tell me with that comment. That Covid19 is nothing to worry about? It is. That I should not worry more than about influenza? But I should.

Beyond simply deaths, Covid19 also damages survivors a lot more than the flu.

Young and middle-aged people with Covid19 are suffering from an increased number of strokes.

Patients that survive can be left with lung damage.

The virus could be causing neurological damage.

It's not just the death rate we need to worry about, but the bigger picture.

@suesa: You mean this | Ecency