Canadians fly south for shot as US demand falls

Re:Canadians fly south for shot as US demand falls by ryandrake on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @07:33PM (#27057271)

As someone getting up there in age, it's kind of shocking how cavalier a few people seem to be about old people dying from COVID. "Close to death's door?" Years of Life Lost as a measurement? Really? It's like we're living in Logan's Run. My parents are elderly but they might just live for 25 more years--who knows? If they or someone else's grandparents were to die of COVID it would be no less tragic than if a 30 year old died of it.

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Re:Canadians fly south for shot as US demand falls by whimsicalism on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @07:38PM (#27057323)

I don't think we should be cavalier about the deaths of elderly and I generally agree with you about the rhetoric, but I can't say I really agree about the "no less tragic" comment.

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Re:Canadians fly south for shot as US demand falls by refurb on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @08:23PM (#27057641)

I think the point is we have up to 80,000 flu deaths each year in the US. If Covid never happened and 80,000 people died of the flu nobody would bat an eye.

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Re:Canadians fly south for shot as US demand falls by raydev on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @10:43PM (#27058587)

Yes, because we knew how to deal with 80k. Suddenly we had to deal with 400k, which is a much larger number.

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Re:Canadians fly south for shot as US demand falls by maxerickson on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @10:07PM (#27058347)

You talk like the big ongoing campaign to increase flu vaccination rates is some sort of accident.

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