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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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