Soldiers are, on the whole, not doctors.
Guardsmen in tents with, on the whole, patients with mild cases.
The serious cases are loading up the ICUs.
In a sense ... yeah, it’s the flu. With >10x the lethality. With >4x the transmission rate.
Yeah, most people who get it will get by fine.
If flu kills 80,000/yr, then simple math shows this “flu” will kill >1,000,000/yr without “social distancing” and medical heroics.
It’s not “just the flu”. Anyone who thinks it is, is an innumerate moron.
Amazing how many people don’t grasp:
Sometimes dramatic/difficult/expensive action is required to maintain the status quo.
Proper mitigation of a major threat shows no apparent results (see Y2K).
Drama much? It’s the flu.
I thought Rush expressed it appropriately.
It’s like the flu, but...
- The flu has a vaccine; Covid-19 doesn’t.
- The flu has treatment protocols; Covid-19 doesn’t.
And I could add...
- The flu has a defined season; Covid-19 doesn’t (yet).
- Some folks get a mild case; some folks get really sick; some folks die. No one knows which version has their name on it.
That’s why people are so frightened.