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Re:Ending coronavirus lockdowns will be a dangerous process ... by watwut on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @02:47AM (#22875241)
> 3) End the lockdown after communnicating the above, and let the flu runs its course, just like every other year in human history.

People should really stop with these "bad history because I dont know history" claims. Every other year, we close schools in areas where flu is spreading too much. Usually it is enough to close them for a week or two in a small area. Flu is kinda easy to contain. Every other year, we also vaccinate against flu and close hospitals/retirement homes for visitations.

In the past, like in the history, people also reacted or attempted to react to various epidemics up to their knowledge.

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Re:Ending coronavirus lockdowns will be a dangerous process ... by undersuit on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:21PM (#22880428)
>Every other year, we also vaccinate against flu and close hospitals/retirement homes for visitations.

I really wish we tried higher vaccination rates. Yeah the vaccine is hit or miss on the actual successful strain of the year but it would be nice if the excuse "It's just the flu" meant nothing because the flu killed 2000 people instead of 34000 on a good year.

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