Covid punishments....

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(07-28-2021, 12:22 PM)bengaloo Wrote: Well I should've been more clear. Every year the flu kills thousands of people and most of them are elderly or folks with preexisting, underlying conditions. I'm well aware of that. Always have been actually. I'm around a lot of elderly and have taken care of my grandparents affairs for years now. I was cautious during flu season way before covid was a thing. Followed all the recommendations. Wash hands 30 seconds with soap, dont touch face, etc. Working with elderly has made me more cautious during flu season for sure. Which is part of why all the covid scare isnt adding up for me. We are being lied to by someone. I'm not saying I know who, but its obvious something is not right with all this. 

The yearly flu deaths in the US vary between 12,000 and 61,000 for the past decade. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_influenza_statistics_by_flu_season

The reason COVID is considered so much worse is because the number of deaths is considered so much worse (10x-20x).
In 2020, approx. 375,000 deaths in the US had COVID as a contributing factor.
So far in 2021, another 236,000 have occurred.

That's quite a substantial jump over the number from the seasonal flu.