Corona No Worse Than Flu? ANSWER this question then.(Vanity)

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[DouglasKC]

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?

[Responsibility2nd]

“Just answer the question....”

Excuse me, but didn’t the moderator GIVE you an answer>

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3819695/posts

[Nuke From Orbit]

after seeing the response from the People Republic of Kalifornia its about the $$$ Funding for the “Emergency” to use somewhere else. I can see that is a motivator.

[VanDeKoik]

Since they are having a hard time today with their attempts, this clown starts a vanity thread to try to get one going from here.

[HangnJudge]

... There’s really no need to start a thread dedicated to inducing fratricide.

Agree, sort of like “This gun is the best” threads or religion bashing threads

[DouglasKC]

Because we have a flu vaccine... we don’t yet have one for this strain of coronavirus. The flu is a deadly known quantity that we have lived with for centuries.

So if it's NO worse than the flu why bother? I never get a flu shot. I've had the flu. Many people never get flu shots. The government doesn't quarantine everyone and back trace everyone who has the flu.

[hotsteppa]

THIS. Thank you.

[MrEdd]

Answer the exact same question about anthropogenic climate change and you will have the answer.

Which is to say that the assertion “all nations” is fallacious.

[null and void]

It's just a cold...

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[Cowgirl]

Everyone needs to watch the 1918 flu epidemic to know what can happen. Some people got it and died the same day. It transitioned three times.

[DouglasKC]

“Just answer the question....” Excuse me, but didn’t the moderator GIVE you an answer>

You can't answer the question either can you?

[TomServo]

Because the media created the hysteria.

And we have plenty here who are fomenting it as well.

[Wayne07]

I'm looking for reasonable explanations.

The reasonable explanation is that it is as bad as it looks in other countries, like Korea, China, and Italy. We need to take it seriously. Trump was on the right track restricting flights from China. Not sure why some here are suddenly reversing opinion on strong moves to prevent the spread - it seems just like a reflex to take the opposite position of the media.

[null and void]

China always welds the doors shut on thousands of apartment dwellers.

Nothing to see here, move along...