Not_An_Abba_Fan
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So where are you getting your information on how deadly this thing is, media? Healthcare workers deal with sick and dying daily, it’s kind of their job.
Why are 99% of deaths linked to aged care and not all the other unhealthy people you mentioned? If this virus is so deadly, why are 99% of positive cases told just to stay at home, surely they would need constant medical attention for such an evil virus.
Quarantining healthy people, weakening everyone’s immune systems.
You do know over 900 people died in Australia last year from Influenza? 1163 in 2017. Did we ever destroy our economy and thousands of people’s livelihoods for that? Also these deaths occurred from a virus we already have a vaccine for.
All we are focused on is 2 numbers every day, number of cases, deaths of people who died WITH covid.
What about the other numbers, suicides, mental health, alcoholism, domestic violence, child abuse, the hundreds of businesses that will cease to exist, an economy that will be in recovery mode for 30 years.
At some point you have to weigh up this vs that.
We have gone past the point of eradication in this country, they had that chance.
They need to lose their love affair with lockdowns in a hurry because things are going south very quickly.
Do you really believe that without intervention this virus would have had the same impact? More people would have been affected, more people would have died. The numbers don't lie. Lockdowns, social distancing, preventative measures, they all work.
The number of people that died from Influenza, what percentage were they of total infections?
There are things that kill people every day, we have controls for most of them, some are out of our control. One less virus in the world can't be a bad thing. Until we find a vaccine or effective treatment, prevention is the only solution.