Re:Facebook says it has removed promotion of anti-quarantine...
by null0pointer on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @12:08AM
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Settle down. They're not comparing COVID-19 to the Flu, they're using the Flu as an example to talk about transitive infections.
Re:Facebook says it has removed promotion of anti-quarantine...
by czardoz on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @04:06AM
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That's completely tangential to the discussion. No one's trying to figure out who to blame for spreading the virus.
The point I was trying to make was, restrictions on personal freedom are reasonable in this case to keep the broader society healthy.
Or, yeah, maybe it is just like the flu, except (1) covid-19 is more contagious, (2) Covid-19 is much more likely to kill you if you get infected, and (3) much of the population has immunity so seasonal flu, while almost nobody has immunity to Covid-19,so it would run roughshod over a population if people didn't social distance (unless testing/contact tracing infrastructure was in place to keep it in check).
Take a good read through this article and tell me why you want to continue comparing Covid-19 to the flu:
https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/not-like-the-flu...