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yes. why would they care? since we have vaccines, covid is just a flu, and it, like a flu, spikes in the winter.
Except the flu doesn’t give you long covid.
It's crazy how short people's memories are. And this site, you would think, tends to have higher than average educated users. And they're still going with the "it's just the flu" shit (completely ignoring that flus can be horrific and deadly).
This current, modern iteration of Homo Sapiens sapiens deserves extinction.
After 4 years of fighting morons who want to kill themselves via risky behaviors and general selfishness, yeah we are done. Let them die.
*and others that are vulnerable. I don't care about the morons, I do care about innocent people.
I think at this point "just a flu" means it's endemic and the hospitals aren't overflowing.
That doesnt make it a flu then and makes your point and this statement sound even worse
What point do you think I made?
It's not literally influenza, but it is a communicable respiratory disease that is endemic at this point and while it can seriously mess you up, the chances are that it's going to have you laid up for ~a week and you'll eventually recover.
Still doest make it the flu
It can give you long flu. https://www.health.com/condition/flu/flu-long-term-effects
What doesn't kill you mutates and tries again.
you could also say the same about flu. why don't you post about flu suddenly spiking in winter (surprisingly) and nobody caring about it?
is 4 backed by actual research?
isn't 5 because of the antivaxx things?
and, about 6, yes. people care about the flu, but nobody ever says 'flu is spiking and corporations don't care'
You sound like someone who doesn't really have a point but needs to argue for the sake of arguing. Maybe you can yell at yourself in a mirror - I'm sure it will be more entertaining.
Edit: And to be clear... I wrote something in my prior comment that most people would interpret as wrong without some qualification or context. I decided to leave it partly out of laziness and partly to see if you would catch it and how. But instead of digging in you are just being confrontational.
yes, I kinda like debating. But, i also think i have a point though. Sorry if it seemed like i was some kind of troll.
also, was it point 5? it seems kinda wrong to compare yearly deaths to total.
until tweedle dee and tweedle dumbfuck come in and ban vaccines.