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In response to "pmb- the “except for those who die” line is emotional but holds no water to how humans behave" by JackDawson

(My point on B2 is that when we get the risk/death numbers to numbers we can live morally with - clearly, the flu numbers, we will carry on)

Posted by JackDawson (aka dawson) Mar 17 '20, 09:29

We don’t social distance cause of the flu

We know the flu exists and that it kills people but the risk is pushed to the low enough threshold that both as a human species and as an individual are ok taking the risk of going out into a subway that perhaps we could get flu and die or into a car crash)

If we had gotten a head start on treatment (finding treatment, I’m not saying there is treatment) and testing so we can contain and isolate contacts, less drastic steps may have been avoided

See: South Korea

I’m not making something up, see: South Korea japan Singapore etc

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My point is that I think your posts were underplaying the issues here. Yes, we treat the flu differently, but that is in part because of experience, - pmb Mar 17, 09:41 1
- I’m not underplaying it, actually, I’m simply saying that this disease is clearly and plain to the eye to see not something that ends humanity or that - JackDawson Mar 17, 09:49

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(My point on B2 is that when we get the risk/death numbers to numbers we can live morally with - clearly, the flu numbers, we will carry on)

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