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Originally Posted by MrBaldBastard
Pandemics are only set to get more frequent, there's like 700 viruses science has identified that are just one step away from jumping to humans. I'm sure once Covid is over we'll pull all the funding, go back to our filthy ways and act just as surprised when the next one hits and we're not ready again.
Attitude needs to change if we want to stay around longer as a species because the viruses are certainly changing, and its been US vs Them since day dot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics |
Archived Estimated Influenza Illnesses, Medical visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths in the United States — 2017–2018 influenza season
Conclusion
CDC estimates that influenza was associated with more than 48.8 million illnesses, more than 22.7 million medical visits, 959,000 hospitalizations, and 79,400 deaths during the 2017–2018 influenza season. This burden was higher than any season since the 2009 pandemic and serves as a reminder of how severe seasonal influenza can be.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden...18/archive.htm
And that was with an available vaccin.
Everybody stay inside, a second, third, fourth wave is coming! If 50% of the people that are afraid stay inside, there will be 50% less deaths of corona/flu.