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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by abstractbarista on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @01:48PM (#22548179)
It's not selfish to treat something like the flu. This means I wash my hands, get vaccinated yearly, and take other common-sense precautions. That's not "being an ass", it's being rational.
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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by rsynnott on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:26PM (#22548705)
And which vaccine were you considering getting for this, precisely?

That's part of the problem; even if it was "just like the flu" (it is not; in particular the percentage of cases requiring advanced medical treatment is much higher, which will lead to a rise in mortality as that treatment is oversubscribed), the flu would be pretty scary if the annual vaccine didn't exist.

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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by abstractbarista on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:38PM (#22548850)
And isn't it amazing how many people neglect to get the flu vaccine (even when they can afford it - I don't look down on those who can't)?

The flu is actually quite scary - they are the frog in hot water.

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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by ionwake on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:53PM (#22549029)
are you talking to yourself?
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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by Tyr42 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @01:58PM (#22548337)
There isn't a vaccine yet.
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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by abstractbarista on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:37PM (#22548829)
Obviously. Which is why you do the other common-sense things you should always do. Wash hands, don't touch your mouth, etc.
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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by ionwake on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:55PM (#22549070)
You're being patronising and he aswell as others , did not understand your point.
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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by JulianMorrison on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @01:54PM (#22548258)
Common sense precautions here are much more stringent than the flu. Nobody is immune. There is no vaccination. Herd immunity is nil. And it's very infectious.

This is a new thing and you should treat it as a new thing. There has not in living memory been one this bad, against which we had no defense except to avoid catching it and spreading it.

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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by abstractbarista on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:42PM (#22548889)
Actually MERS was far more scary with a death rate around 34% (from WHO). It just didn't transmit so well.
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