Remember the seasonal flu? A very telling comparison.

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There's really no more stark a way to measure the effect of the measures taken to mitigate COVID than to draw a parallel to the seasonal flu when compared to Corona.


"Some 136 people were hospitalized for the flu between Oct. 1, 2020, and Jan. 16, 2021, and there were 292 deaths involving influenza during that period, the CDC reported. One child has died.

The flu season is far from over — it usually begins in the fall, and peaks between December and February.

But in comparison, 400,000 people were hospitalized for the flu and 22,000 died, including 434 children, during the entire 2019–2020 season, which the CDC described as “severe” for kids 4 years old and younger, and for adults 18-49 years old. "



The drop in seasonal flu cases compared to the normal, could not be more stark. The reason being that obviously the quarantining/ social distancing/ mask wearing had a very profound effect. We have well over half a million deaths and counting, and to compare that figure to what would have happened had we not had those restrictions, should be obvious to even the most hard headed among us.

Drop this reality to those who insist we should have thrown caution to the wind and keep everything open in a mask free society.



https://www.today.com/health/flu-season-2020-2021-flu-activity-historic-lows-mask-wearing-t207131