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originally posted by: 1947boomer
All the actions taken to reduce the spread of airborne respiratory diseases, such as hand washing, social distancing, and mask wearing would only slow down the spread of Covid but would pretty much stop seasonal flu.
Thanks for engaging your brain.
originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
Since the two viruses are not the same as the other, it is very possible that one can contract both simultaneously.
originally posted by: LordAhriman
originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
Since the two viruses are not the same as the other, it is very possible that one can contract both simultaneously.
It's likely that someone infected with covid could not simultaneously be infected with an influenza virus.
Being infected with more than one virus is not very common but it’s important to be aware that co-infections do happen. The vaccines that protect against COVID-19 and flu are different, and people need both.
Professor Peter Openshaw.
originally posted by: Itisnowagain
They can......or so it says online
Being infected with more than one virus is not very common but it’s important to be aware that co-infections do happen. The vaccines that protect against COVID-19 and flu are different, and people need both.
Professor Peter Openshaw.
originally posted by: network dude
By wearing a mask (t-shirt material) when people are looking, and washing your hands a few times a day, we were able to make the flu disappear.
originally posted by: AndyMayhew
The problem is, in order to acquire natural immunity you first need to become infected. And that comes with the risk of becoming seriously ill and dying. Vaccination reduces that risk (and the risk of hospitals becoming overwhelmed if too many people become seriously ill at the same time).
The other problem is that we don't know why some people become seriously ill after being infected with Covid, whilst others have no symptoms at all. So we don't know who needs the vaccine and who does not. Thus, the safer option is/was to vaccinate as many as possible.
And if your loved one died of Covid and a vaccine - which would have reduced the chance of that happening - had been available, but denied you, how would you react then?
originally posted by: ntech
And what happened with Ivermectin is a crime against humanity. I used it and it worked. How many of the actual Covid victims would have survived if it had been given immediately once a positive test result occurred?
I wish our world would be more compassionate and kind.
originally posted by: AndyMayhew
The problem is, in order to acquire natural immunity you first need to become infected. And that comes with the risk of becoming seriously ill and dying.
Vaccination reduces that risk (and the risk of hospitals becoming overwhelmed if too many people become seriously ill at the same time).
The other problem is that we don't know why some people become seriously ill after being infected with Covid, whilst others have no symptoms at all.
So we don't know who needs the vaccine and who does not. Thus, the safer option is/was to vaccinate as many as possible.
And if your loved one died of Covid and a vaccine - which would have reduced the chance of that happening - had been available, but denied you, how would you react then?