Covid 19 Part XXXV-956,720 ROI (5,952 deaths) 452,946 NI (3,002 deaths) (08/01) Read OP

Yes I see what you are saying now.

But that was some businesses making unilateral decisions to behave like that.

Only that kids love these places you'd boycott them now.. Until the next birthday party anyhow 😊

I didn't deflect, you did by saying they are the same. You are saying its the same and yet we had no flu when we had masks and restrictions and multiples of death with Covid. We have been round this merry go round before.

Its not the same and only somebody with their head up where the sun doesn't shine the last nearly 3 years would say so.

I thought you had more sense than that?

Lets just agree to disagree here, shall we?

You're trying to compare a novel virus with a virus that's been around and already infected pretty much everyone. If you want to be pedantic about the comparison (which you do for some reason), there are many strains of flu, which can be very different from each other and have caused localised lockdowns around the world many times.

SARS-COV2 became a pandemic because if it was highly infectious (R was higher than flu), was novel (people didn't have pre-existing similar antibodies to fight it off) and quickly spread between multiple countries (as symptoms sometimes followed infectiousness).

The flu almost disappeared during lockdowns, SARS-COV2 didn't.

It will also be tracked and monitored separately for a good few years (I'm guessing about a decade) before it becomes background noise, new variants with immune escape could cause localised problems in countries (I don't think we'll see global impact again).

And again, to be more pedantic, SARS-COV2 has more in common with a cold, from a virus perspective, than flu.

Searching for the point here? For those with weak immune systems, SARS-COV2 is still an issue, it's also still very infectious, more so than flu. We've been lucky it hasn't been as mutagenic as the flu and vaccines still work and can be used to boost immunity (the quadrivalent flu vaccine usually has an efficacy of ~60% and doesn't help much in future years vs. COVID vaccines that still has strong efficacy afterwards). Vaccine drives will be used to keep it under control.

You're continuing to argue about a topic which you didn't have much information about, "it's just a flu" is wrong on a lot of levels unless your initial point was that both were respiratory virus, in which case, what was the point of the post in the first place if not to try and downplay the impact it had and still has.

Good to see you coming around. Now imagine those on the Island or native americans had vaccines available and used them, the impact of the novel virus would be very small.

For the record I didn't accuse you of saying its just a flu bro that was directed generally. You took it personally.

And secondly I ddn't mislead anyone in my post simply replied to your post and you didn't like my wording. You are the one being pedantic here. And objectionable. For example,why say @astrofool "s answer is a "tirade"? It was reasoned and sensible, something that a lot of people could learn from here.

And thirdly, it is not only good manners but decent when you are giving anither poster a bollxxxing or othetwise in a post third party to refer to them as I did to adtrofool above so they have the heads up that someone is talking about them.

If I had known that you had said all that cxxx about me in your rant at him I would have either dealt with it /you in my previous answer.

And I am basing my views as a nurse who looked after severely ill patients and now a research scientist .

Both coming at it from different perspectives I will give you that .

I could quote the posts but as both if the posters have now moderated their view it would serve no purpose except stir up ill feeling . I think there is enough of that here today .

So I respect your reply and viewpoint , and hope you have a good evening .