COVID-19: Difference between revisions

Similarly to seasonal influenza, 98% of fatal cases have a serious underlying condition and most are very old,<ref>https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-19-daily-data-summary-deaths.pdf</ref><ref>https://ophrp.org/journal/view.php?number=550</ref><ref>https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-19-daily-data-summary-deaths.pdf</ref> and different from the Spanish Flu, it does not kill the young at all.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu</ref>

Nonetheless, the global outbreak in early 2020 sparked mass hysteria, irrational violence, government overreach, mass surveillance, hypochondria, temporary food, toilet paper and hand sanitizer shortages, rationing including bread lines in capitalist countries, mass unemployment, terrorism charges against those purposefully spreading saliva in public, hospital crowding, a stock market collapse and other severe economic damages caused by lockdowns.