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NPR: Scientists debate how lethal COVID is. Some say it's now less risky than flu (archive.ph)
posted 3 years ago by Ahaus667 3 years ago by Ahaus667 +35 / -0
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– TatterShatter 31 points 3 years ago +31 / -0

Fact: It's always been less risky than flu.

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– Assassin47 28 points 3 years ago +28 / -0

You can't do this to me. We all saw the people collapsing on the streets in China. I wrapped my house in plastic. I wore a full body hazard suit and gas mask for two fucking years. I survived the COVIDOCALYPSE and have the TEAM PFIZER tattoos to prove it! DON'T TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME!!!

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– ailurus 17 points 3 years ago +17 / -0

I survived the COVIDOCALYPSE

What do you mean, survived? The COVIDOCALYPSE isn't over yet! You're still wearing your masks, right? And are you scheduled for your next booster shot yet? We're not safe yet!!!1!

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– Galean 10 points 3 years ago +10 / -0

In my age group, since I have no underline issues I am almost immune to it. I even had it and all I had was a couple of days of feeling low energy and some flew like symptoms.

I said that to a friend that is triple vax and even vaccinated his 7 years old daughter and he tried to convince me that because I'm 8 pounds overweight according to some BMI it means I'm at risk for covid. He actually pulled out his phone to show me that I'm overweight according to a BMI app. I thought it was funny.

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– Ahaus667 [S] 10 points 3 years ago +10 / -0

BMI is a joke, know who counts as overweight by bmi about every ufc fighter, professional athlete, and on and on.

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– censorthisss 15 points 3 years ago +15 / -0

BMI is useful as a rough guide to where your weight should be. 99% of people are not professional athletes.

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– KingLion7 7 points 3 years ago +7 / -0

This, plus God only knows how many professional athletes are on steroids or growth hormones.

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– Ahaus667 [S] 4 points 3 years ago +4 / -0

No it’s really not, it’s a metric of size despite muscle and the opposite of what any realistically healthy person would achieve

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– FutaCumDiet 3 points 3 years ago +3 / -0

Waist–hip ratio is a much better indicator, imo. That said, don't expect things to change until Seventh Day Adventists stop controlling the narrative around nutrition.

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– truenationalist 5 points 3 years ago +5 / -0

Almost everyone should be thinner than they are now. I was not overweight but I thought if I lost any weight I'd look gaunt & malnourished.

During the tyrannical lockdowns over a flu I ate better, worked out more and lost 20lbs of weight. Turns out I looked a lot better. Almost every American could stand to drop some weight.

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– FutaCumDiet 7 points 3 years ago +7 / -0

He actually pulled out his phone to show me that I'm overweight according to a BMI app.

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– OldBullLee 4 points 3 years ago +4 / -0

I worked at a FedEx hub for the entire coof emergency when I was 58-60-years old, I did not wear a mask there (lax enforcement by supervisors, god bless 'em), and have not yet contracted the disease. Of course FedEx was "essential." In fact we were continually swamped and frequently understaffed.

I would not believe it existed were it not for the fact that 3 or 4 co-workers out of a team of around 100 got sick with it, none serious or fatal.

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– Cyberguy64 4 points 3 years ago +4 / -0

I caught it just last week and it knocked me down for said week. But it was just being sick for a bit, and I've already bounced back. It's ridiculous the way people treat it like the plague.

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– reidj 2 points 3 years ago +2 / -0

I did some research on your friend.

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– deleted 5 points 3 years ago +5 / -0
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– novanleon 7 points 3 years ago +7 / -0

This is correct. For anyone under 45 it was basically the equivalent or less than the flu. Lethality only spiked at age 65 and/or if you had comorbidities. Overall it was worse than the flu primarily because it was a new strain, and new is always worse, but just 3-4 months in most of the damage had been done. There was no excuse for it to last 2 years or result in all the absolutely insane policies that it did. Sweden was the only country that handled it correctly AFAIK.

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