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Re:What's the point of a Covid-19 test that takes 19 days fo... by king_magic on Sunday July 26, 2020 @10:40PM (#23961825)
Flu could never kill 2 million (or more) Americans in a single year like COVID can unchecked.

The current hysteria is not disproportionate.

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Re:What's the point of a Covid-19 test that takes 19 days fo... by vl on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @02:15AM (#23972811)
Not only it could, it did. Adjusted for today’s population Spanish flu would kill 2 million. Yet lockdowns were way less severe and schools, for example, reopened. Moreover, looking at current numbers, covid is not on track to reach 2 million by any degree of imagination.
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Re:What's the point of a Covid-19 test that takes 19 days fo... by king_magic on Monday August 03, 2020 @06:03PM (#24043998)
> Moreover, looking at current numbers, covid is not on track to reach 2 million by any degree of imagination.

That is only the case because we shut down so much of the economy & society.

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