Originally posted by Newjakthe seasonal flu has been killing nearly half a million people worldwide for DECADES, and there hasnt been the massive outcry for flu vaccination like there is for covid. sure the flu shot is offered yearly, but it isnt forced down your throat like the covid vaccine is, even though the flu has killed millions. i find that strange honestly.
5 million deaths is not a small number.You also understand that within the year and half Covid has killed more people than the previous 15 years of flu combined?
That's with us taking precautions to limit it's spread.
If 2% of the population died that would be roughly 158 million people.
they are also testing more widely for covid than they EVER have for flu. they are also chalking up a lot of "accidental" deaths to covid. like you get in a car accident and sustain a multi system trauma. you go to the hospital barely alive as a result of your traumatic injuries. they swab you for covid and you happen to test positive. then you die. *boom* that is logged as a covid death. it's pretty insane.