We were at Vandy last month visiting with a doctor friend. He told us his wife and kid had the flu so he’d just called in Tamiflu for them. I asked what kind of flu and he said, I don’t know. Didn’t test. But it’s almost impossible for the peons like us to get Tamiflu, at least it was during H1N1.
There seems to be a belief that the Corona virus is "no worse" than the flu. Or that the flu is MORE deadly. Or that the flu has killed more so therefore the corona virus is overhyped.
If you think that's true then answer this simple question:
Why have the governments of ALL countries affected taken extreme steps to stop it's spread?
Why did the US ban flights from China? Why is Italy cutting off entire towns to stop its spread? Why did Japan close all schools for a month? Why has Israel essentially shut down travel?
Understand that countries are doing things that are unprecedented in modern times to try and stop this. If it's NOT a big deal why are they essentially shutting down their economies (China, South Korea, Japan etc) to try and deal with this?
Just answer the question...WHY are government treating it LIKE it's extremely dangerous IF it's no worse than the flu?
Of course nobody could answer the question and the thread got yanked with the reason of "counterproductive".
I think it's a fair question. If people are OF THE OPINION that it's overhyped and no worse than the flu then WHY are they allowed to propagate that question?
Even our vet is having a hard time getting tamiflu :- /