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Re:Covid-19 Was 'A Preventable Disaster,' WHO-Ordered Report... by procinct on Thursday May 13, 2021 @01:26AM (#27138722)
If you are wondering why people thought the virus was important despite the “low” death rate you only need to look at India right now. Or Italy before it. When it floods a medical system to the point of collapse things become very dangerous.
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Re:Covid-19 Was 'A Preventable Disaster,' WHO-Ordered Report... by Gibbon1 on Thursday May 13, 2021 @01:57AM (#27138919)
All I got to say is watching people yammer on about the 'low death rate' has convinced me that cognitive inertia and motivated reasoning are a hell of a drug.

Seriously my dad is 85. Death rate in his age group is not 'low'. These kinds of people simply refuse to consider the implications.

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Re:Covid-19 Was 'A Preventable Disaster,' WHO-Ordered Report... by _carbyau_ on Thursday May 13, 2021 @02:58AM (#27139213)
I think here in Australia our population only took it seriously when we saw Italy get smashed.

We have it very good ... for now. But it is a tightrope walk until we can get the vaccines going properly.

Edit: brevity

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