This disease is nothing like the flu. Totally different family of virus. Older and sicker people are more vulnerable ... but you can say that of most diseases. It still kills sizable numbers of people in their twenties and thirties - and you may consider your grandparents acceptable losses but I don't. With a large population number even a small percentage of that adds up to one big pile of bodies. Coronavirus is currently the leading cause of death in the United States. All praise to the Orange Ogre! If you think death rates are low at around 1% of total infections, wait until the hospitals are full everywhere and people who only needed basic supplemental oxygen support start dying too.
Covid-19 causes organ system damage, to the lungs, heart, brain and nervous system, etc., for some survivors (the so-called long haulers) which for all we know could be permanent. Some percentage of those patients, maybe high, maybe low, will never fully recover. And with so many millions of cases this adds up to long term health complications for a lot of Americans, possibly shortened lifespans, and a sizable increase in health care spending.
You can rehash lies and bullshit as many times as you want. It doesn't become any more true with repetition.
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[deleted]
3 years ago
Oh really? I had it and 4 members of my family had it. 100% full recovery and few symptoms. Why? We're all healthy and not fat asses like 40% of the nation is.
So you can rehash your lies and bullshit too.
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gsmith9072 (454)
3 years ago
Even being obese the odds are you'd survive it, dumbass. I doubt you're all that "healthy".
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Burk48917 (10966)
3 years ago
Hey, what you just said isn't true at all. Thanks for the lies and misinformation.
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chrisjdel (2714)
3 years ago
Uh ... yeah it is. I don't get my information from QAnon so it's actually quite reliable.
Scientists and engineers built the entire modern world (including computers and the internet), and doctors developed all of modern medicine - whereas politicians and ideologues never built anything but more money and power for themselves. Who to trust? Hmmm, that's a toughie. 🤔
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Burk48917 (10966)
3 years ago
Please, don't be naive. Scientists and engineers hardly agree unanimously all of the time, and they certainly don't regarding covid, nor are they free from political influence. You shouldn't blindly trust anyone, but rather review their information and make a determination for yourself. You're being led by the nose, that's fine, but put your superiority complex to bed, because some people can think for themselves.
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chrisjdel (2714)
3 years ago
You mean, listen to rabid right wing conspiracy theories and put their complete faith in them? Yeah. That's thinking for yourself. 👍
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Burk48917 (10966)
3 years ago
Man, take a minute. That reply is like you aren't even making an effort. You might as well as said "orangeman bad". Put the kool aid down, and try, just try, to think for yourself.
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chrisjdel (2714)
3 years ago
That's what amazes me most about the past four or five years. We're not even debating substantive issues anymore. We can't even get that far. We actually have to discuss whether the pandemic ravaging the world really exists. Whether basic safety measures work. We're debating if the election results actually are what they are. We've got people who want to pretend nothing's happening to the climate when it definitely is.
I see absolute nonsense being spread online and it blows my mind. I mean, we have to contend with people who believe in Deep States and cabals of blood drinking Satan worshipping pedophiles. I can't believe I just wrote that last sentence and yet there are idiots so stupid they think that crap is real. There's another poster on this site who said that China deliberately spread coronavirus - in conjunction with the Democrats of course - just to make Donald Trump look bad. And I'm supposed to patronize stupid shit like that? Stuff that would make a hack B movie director cringe?
We can't even begin to engage in real debates anymore. People challenge whether 2 + 2 really equals four, or objects really fall toward the Earth (there could just be a big conspiracy to make us all think that). I have little patience left for this bullshit. There's a difference between being open minded and empty headed, which entirely too many knuckleheads have crossed.
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[deleted]
3 years ago
It is truly astounding how totally fucking moronic the world has become, isn't it??
I seriously ponder... is there even a lower level of dumb possible? I'm sure, sadly, there probably is.
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Hybrid66 (1498)
3 years ago
Well, plenty of former intelligence officers confirm that there IS a 'deep state'.
Try googling the hundreds of genuine records of what former Presidents, Army officers, Politicians of all persuasions (UK and US) over the last 200 years have warned about the Fed Res.
And what do you think that Eisenhower (and Truman) warned us about?
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TearofLys (2398)
3 years ago
"It still kills sizable numbers of people in their twenties and thirties"
That is a false statement. The Covid mortality rate for people in their 20s and 30s is effectively zero.
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