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Man, last time most of my relatives died of the flu 😷 that must have been pretty bad. But good thing the flu never killed my immediate relatives like my grandparents, my parents or my siblings. The others that did get killed by the flu probably had it coming. El flu es muy bueno! Y sabroso! Yeah! Baby!
But now here comes COVID 19 trying to be a copycat. Sure if you get COVID you might get long COVID and never recover and die eventually. Sure if you got autoimmune stuff going on like HIV, colitis, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, MS and such with suppressants, you could actually die of COVID. But we're here to make money not to worry about if you're gonna die from a deadly disease or not. So fine COVID you can be flu like.
We'll miss you guys! Specially my mom. I'm gonna miss her. And my sister with her MS. But hey, McDonald's gotta make a buck! We can't be holding the line mom! Sorry! We can work on a nice eulogy while you don't have COVID yet. I'll call you sometime! 😉
Sounds like our 1% overlords just want us back on the workforce as quickly as possible
Fuck the CDC and late stage capitalism. One of my best friends is in a wheelchair for the rest of her life because of Long COVID, she can't walk a few feet without being so out of breath she passes out. My mom got Long COVID the first and now the second time she's been infected. She still coughs every time she walked around or does any activities. She has to carry an inhaler now but she doesn't have asthma, just Long COVID. She got COVID only a few weeks ago and it's was most definitely NOT like the flu for her or anyone I've known that's gotten it.
Remember how we were meant to defeat COVID by staying home and playing video games?
I’m still doing my part
Been training for it my whole life.
10,000 people have died of COVID in the US in the two months of 2024 alone.
How many people have died of influenza in that time?
I looked this up because I was curious, according to the CDC 4171 people have died from influenza in 2024 so far
Yikes. ~~So COVID is still twice as deadly as the flu.~~
Edit: I guess twice as deadly isn't exactly correct. It could be equally as deadly as the flu, but twice as transmissible. That actually seems likely. Still, twice as many deaths is really bad either way.
no one normalizes needless death like americans