A standard cold, can still knock an 80 year old into complications. Covid doesn't have anything special about it that only affects the aged. The aged die from complications of seasonal illnesses all the time. We didnt see governments lockdown entire countries and "rush" to Find a cure for the cold or flu.
You're falling for the "Won't someone think of the elderly" trope.
Callous of me? Perhaps. But survival is a bitch, and this is being said by someone who knows fully well, they're part of the 90% who couldn't make it wild.
A standard cold, can still knock an 80 year old into complications. Covid doesn't have anything special about it that only affects the aged. The aged die from complications of seasonal illnesses all the time. We didnt see governments lockdown entire countries and "rush" to Find a cure for the cold or flu.
You're falling for the "Won't someone think of the elderly" trope.
Callous of me? Perhaps. But survival is a bitch, and this is being said by someone who knows fully well, they're part of the 90% who couldn't make it wild.