Originally Posted by
Flyfalcons
The economic impacts have nothing to do with the medical fact that people die from the flu every year to the amount of tens of thousands. So why haven't you been asking people to wear a mask and get vaccinated during flu season? Or are your arguments simply out of recent self-interest?
1) Yes, people die of the flu every year.
2) Not on the scale we are seeing with COVID.
3) The affects we are seeing on the economy — whether justified or not, whether fostered by media fear-mongering or not — are putting our livelihoods on the chopping block.
4) If a vaccine could help mitigate this effect — and reduce their overall infection rate — I see it as a good thing.
It’s all about degrees of risk.