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NobodyGotTimeFuhDat t1_ixy09f6 wrote

Reply to comment by West-Ad8798 in S.Korea's new COVID-19 cases in 50,000 range amid winter resurgence worries by 4inalfantasy

Because Covid-19 is now endemic like the flu and is here to stay.

It’s never going away and this is something that is going to wax and wane in virility for the rest of our existence most likely.

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Grouchy_Occasion2292 t1_ixyy60k wrote

That doesn't make it okay. That doesn't mean we don't need mitigation efforts. It doesn't mean we don't need to track it. We track the flu even though it is also endemic. How is any of that relevant? We already know that repeat exposure to COVID damages the immune system.

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Trugdigity t1_iy1hr8i wrote

We also only track lab proven instances of the flu. If i catch the flu and it’s not bad enough to at least send me to doctors nobody knows I have it.

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Flymia t1_iy24uvm wrote

Exactly, which is what is happening with COVID.

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NobodyGotTimeFuhDat t1_ixzgxs4 wrote

I didn’t say that it is okay or that it shouldn’t be treated. And nor did I say that it isn’t dangerous or health hazardous. 🤷‍♂️

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Flymia t1_iy24t6p wrote

Where is this idea that we don't track it? We just don't see it on TV. I got covid in September and was called and emailed by Fla. Dept. of Health. It is not like everyone with the flu takes a test that goes to the government.

We track what we can, but it is just part of life at this point.

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EggPan313 t1_ixzjiw1 wrote

I see COVID and the US response to this as the reality of just how much of a failure our society has become.

We really cannot do big things anymore as a society. We cannot depend on people to fix big problems together. It's utterly disappointing.

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Flymia t1_iy24mij wrote

> just how much of a failure our society has become.

Failing from keeping a virus that is many times more contangious than the FLU or common cold from being endemic is not a failure of socieity.

We basically shut down the world for a few months, and that did not work. It would have had to be a complete martial law, lock down, for months, no flights, no shopping, no school, no work, nothing. Not even take out dinner.

The virus was always coming for us. Lockdowns were just to keep numbers down, and not overwhelm healthcare facilities.

The virus will always be around, and has been becoming less and less severe, hopefully that trend continues.

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hatsune_aru t1_iy41dz8 wrote

yeah, in hindsight, i think the lockdown had some pretty good compliance before the vaccine came out, and the lockdown worked pretty decently, and we were able to contain it decently until the vaccine came out.

and the vaccine came out rather rapidly and the sensible people who wanted to get it could get it fairly easily.

I'd dare to say the system worked?

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Mangos66 t1_ixy0lpz wrote

You can't develop covid can you? You can only catch it from others, how is it like the flu

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Steavee t1_ixy0vm5 wrote

You can’t just develop the flu either…

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EatingMyOwnWings t1_ixy1f1x wrote

You can’t possibly believe that you can just magically conjure up the flu. Please tell me I misread this.

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DataCassette t1_ixy6cym wrote

Well, you see, when the four humors are out of balance...

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Stingray88 t1_ixy26hg wrote

You can’t develop the flu either. You catch it from others.

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shanghairolls99 t1_ixy6k00 wrote

surprise pikachu face

But... I thought....everyone knew.... That you dont develop flu.......

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