You're right, it's more like the common cold rather than influenza.uziq wrote:
as a short piece that points to media attitudes and coverage, sure. the world is far more vigilant and the media far more shrill and relentless.
as a comparison between coronavirus and flu, no. again, coronavirus is not the flu. a large number of people would have already been passively immune or resistant to a flu strain. coronavirus is a novel virus. are we really going to go through this again? coronavirus is many times more deadly than flu.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat