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So sorry for your loss Strima. That is really sad. But I'm also glad you can still take an objective view of it, unlike so many. Of course some are dying. Maybe even slightly more than from regular flu. But it's a sliding scale - where on that scale do we decide suddenly that we have to shut everything down? How can we ignore the people dying from starvation in developing countries because their income from tourism has been cut off? Or those in this country dying because their operations were cancelled when the NHS was changed to the National Covid Service? Or those committing suicide because they have lost everything and see no way forward? Or those trapped indoors with domestic abusers? Or those who face decades of poverty because they have lost jobs or businesses? And I will never believe that the government has the prerogative to impose all this on people, especially when there are so many experts saying the cure is far, far worse than the illness. Why couldn't they just encourage and support those who were vulnerable to (voluntarily) self-isolate?
I haven't looked at the figures recently, or discussed this argument much. And I have no medical background to throw into this discussion.
However, I read somewhere back in the beginning, that on an average flu year, we have around 7000ish flu related deaths. In a bad year, it can be as much as 20,000-30,000ish.
The UK has figures for Covid at around 70,000. Thats with us being in lockdowns and other restrictions, that doesn't happen in a flu season. So it does look at Covid being something more dangerous than flu, IMO.