• ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    People die from the flu too, why don’t we have zero-flu policies?

    Good question I’ve actually been asking that for years. During flu season we should 100,000% do screening tests for flu at peoples workplaces and schools and quarantine and isolate those who are sick. Also mandatory vaccines and masks in public places.

    It would save thousands of lives yearly as well as save millions of dollars in “productivity” because people with the flu are bad at working, and also prevents cumulative years of human misery.

    • space_comrade [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Sure I agree. I just don't think weeks long flu lockdowns forever would be a good idea.

      • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Sure, but I’d much rather be told I have to quarantine for a week for flu exposure than be out for a week for having the fucking flu

        And I’d much rather the guy who came into work next door with the flu gets told to quarantine for a week than me getting the flu from the cashier.

      • anoncpc [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        They lock down because they don't want millions to get sick at once, overflow the hospital and break the healthcare system. The flu doesn't overflow the hospital every year. Seem like there's still peoples still don't know the purpose of lock down. Just because yank load up body bags after body bags into truck and tell prisoners to dig grave, or Indian stand outside the hospital for oxygen and burn their body outside, doesn't mean China should go that route.