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Re:94% of English adults have Covid antibodies, ONS data shows by bena on Thursday August 05, 2021 @02:37PM (#28077731)
Come on. It's because when we were trying to flatten the curve, there were far too many people who denied it was anything more serious than the flu and didn't take any precautions.

Same with slowing the spread. People did not listen.

Because they were "free critical thinkers who can reach their own conclusions thank you very much". And they were wrong. And now they've put us here.

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Re:94% of English adults have Covid antibodies, ONS data shows by xienze on Thursday August 05, 2021 @02:51PM (#28077902)
> there were far too many people who denied it was anything more serious than the flu and didn't take any precautions.

Well apparently quite a number of people must have taken precautions, because that's the explanation for why the flu has basically disappeared off the face of the earth.

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Re:94% of English adults have Covid antibodies, ONS data shows by bena on Thursday August 05, 2021 @03:21PM (#28078273)
The flu is far less contagious than COVID.

Even small measures affect the numbers.

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Re:94% of English adults have Covid antibodies, ONS data shows by xienze on Thursday August 05, 2021 @06:35PM (#28080946)
Who knew after decades of administering flu vaccines that all it took to eradicate the flu was half-assedly wearing cotton face masks?
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Re:94% of English adults have Covid antibodies, ONS data shows by bena on Friday August 06, 2021 @09:20AM (#28086775)
And more hand washing, and more distancing, etc.

Because, like I said, the flu is far less contagious.

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Re:94% of English adults have Covid antibodies, ONS data shows by mixmastamyk on Thursday August 05, 2021 @02:51PM (#28077910)
Handwringing over obvious outcomes doesn't help, it turns out.
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