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Originally Posted by Newbiesaukee
Covid 19 has no herd immunity, has no vaccine, no medication (yet) and the actual illness has a lot of unknowns including potential serious long term sequale.
Flu has a vaccine, has treatment, has partial herd immunity, is widely and easily tested for and has known but rare long term complications.
The argument that it is no worse than the flu is nonsense IF you are trying to show that the present actions of the government are a silly over reaction.
Perhaps there is an overreaction..but comparing it to the flu is really not any more valid than comparing it to the yearly number of deaths to cancer or heart disease.
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Thank you.
Despite the availability of vaccine, I thin k we've all heard people say, every fall, "I'm healthy. I never get the flu shot." "I had it once, so I'm immune." When we see flu numbers, we never hear of the percent who were vaccinated in the last 12 months, or not, as the case may be.
Can you shed light on this? Thanks for sharing your expertise, doctor.