Neither does the common cold or the flu but we don’t destroy our economy and freedoms of those.
RE: Neither does the common cold or the flu but we don’t destroy our economy and freedoms of those.
The issue with the common cold isn’t the virus itself, but instead the complications that patients can get after the virus, which can rarely but potentially become dangerous. For instance, a bacterial sinus infection can develop — in children, 5-13% of bacterial sinus infections have a preceding viral infection. Serious but rare neurological diseases, like Guillain-Barre Syndrome, can also occur after a common cold.
The common cold can also exacerbate the symptoms one has from other health conditions, such as COPD, which is a common cause for hospitalization among adults with COPD.
I suspect the deaths from Omicron could have similar causes as well.