Re:Vaccine experts: Covid-19 booster shots aren't needed now
by ApolloFortyNine on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:32PM
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You just said it's not fair to compare mask mandated rates, but then compare against the flu, which obviously is affected by the mask mandates (also mask mandates right now in the US are a bit of a joke, have you seen a sports game recently?).
Re:Vaccine experts: Covid-19 booster shots aren't needed now
by joshuamorton on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @02:44PM
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The point is that comparing un-masked flu rates to masked-covid rates isn't valid.
Comparing masked-flu to masked-covid is valid.
Of course, if you're doing that comparison, it may also be worth mentioning that the flu also has a vaccine and if you're vaccinated against the flu too, its less dangerous than covid.
Re:Vaccine experts: Covid-19 booster shots aren't needed now
by sterlind on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @07:40PM
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both comparisons are useful to me. masked covid vs. masked flu shows how dangerous covid is in relative terms, masked covid vs. unmasked flu shows how dangerous covid is compared to the risks I used to take.
As it is today, it seems like flu deaths are far less frequent than covid deaths. Cherry picked link but it _is_ the cdc.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm
>Among the 3,388 PIC deaths reported for this week, 2,785 had COVID-19 listed as an underlying or contributing cause of death on the death certificate, and three listed influenza, indicating that current PIC mortality is due primarily to COVID-19 and not influenza.