2020 Election MEGAthread

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Originally Posted by douglas1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You're right that they are different categories of virus, but corona viruses are not uniquely dangerous just by virtue of being corona viruses. The reason people are comparing this to the flu is because we do not take such drastic measures to prevent the spread of the flu. The current virus at issue almost never kills young people, whereas influenza frequently does. There is certainly a lot more to be learned about it, but the scientific method reveals new information every day about any given disease. We certainly understand it better now than we did in January or February, and the fundamental question continues to be: is it worth the collateral impacts of locking down state and local economies indefinitely to control the spread of sars-cov-2 given it's apparent danger profile? It really should not be a partisan question, the fact that the answer breaks almost perfectly upon partisan political lines is alarming.

There are over 500 million different corona viruses

Covid19 is a bacteria that severely inhibits oxygen absorption in the lungs killing unhealthy people and making even healthy ones VERY SICK if they are genetically prone to it.

Flu kills everyone equally

the difference?

Flu is short term, covid is long term, i had symptoms for 4 months and there were periods where i was getting worse for a long time, this wears you down and kills people.