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COVID-19 is basically a severe flu, but only substantially worse than the common flu for old people.<ref>https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3883/rr</ref> | COVID-19 is basically a severe flu, but only substantially worse than the common flu for old people.<ref>https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3883/rr</ref> | ||
Combined with a low population immunity, outbreaks cause temporarily overwhelmed hospitals and morticians. | Combined with a low population immunity, outbreaks cause temporarily overwhelmed hospitals and morticians, and a spike in excess deaths. | ||
Similarly to the flu, 98% of fatal cases have a serious underlying condition and/or 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> | Similarly to the flu, 98% of fatal cases have a serious underlying condition and/or 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> | ||
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is comparable to the medium influenza pandemics of 1936, 1957 and 1968.<ref>https://swprs.org/facts-about-covid-19/</ref> | |||
Nonetheless, the pandemic sparked mass hysteria, hypochondria, irrational violence, government overreach, mass surveillance, terrorism charges against those purposefully spreading saliva in public, temporary food, toilet paper and hand sanitizer shortages, rationing including bread lines in capitalist countries, mass unemployment, a stock market collapse and other severe economic damages caused by lockdowns. | Nonetheless, the pandemic sparked mass hysteria, hypochondria, irrational violence, government overreach, mass surveillance, terrorism charges against those purposefully spreading saliva in public, temporary food, toilet paper and hand sanitizer shortages, rationing including bread lines in capitalist countries, mass unemployment, a stock market collapse and other severe economic damages caused by lockdowns. | ||