Comment on Do younger people go home earlier now? Or go out less? Is it since COVID?

• lazyslacker@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How are their symptoms though? Not bad right? By saying COVID is over I mean the now dangerous forms of it from 2020 and 2021 are gone. It’s barely worse than the flu at this point. I’m not saying people aren’t still getting it. It’s just mostly inconsequential.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Do you know how many people the flu killed in 1918?

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    • lazyslacker@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      As we both know, the 1918 Spanish flu was unusually virulent, and back then we had no vaccines. Comparing to that flu would not give us useful data. It would be misleading. As you know, I meant today’s flu.

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Today’s flu can mutate and become as deadly as the 1918 flu without a vaccine prepared to deal with it.

        So could COVID.

        Both must be taken seriously.

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