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re: Has there been a virus before that so specifically targeted old people and obese people?
Posted on 9/4/23 at 9:12 am to BeepNode
Posted on 9/4/23 at 9:12 am to BeepNode
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BTW, Spanish Flu, the last major pandemic we had definitely preferred younger adults than older adults. So there goes your whole narrative.
Or the Spanish Flu swept through where humans who were in extremely close contact like the military, this was WW1.
WTF is wrong with you people?
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Posted on 9/4/23 at 10:13 am to Philzilla
Got to save Social Security.
Covid was our chance to do so. Instead we shut down schools to keep the oldies alive a little longer.
Covid was our chance to do so. Instead we shut down schools to keep the oldies alive a little longer.
Posted on 9/4/23 at 1:04 pm to WhereisAtlanta
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Or the Spanish Flu swept through where humans who were in extremely close contact like the military, this was WW1.
WTF is wrong with you people?
How would you explain the high rate of mortality amongst women?
How about how it had similar effects in Europe?
Explain how it killed more 15-18 year olds than 65+ year olds or how even the 55-64 demographic was hit harder than the 65+ demographic.
You're grasping at straws if you're trying to say that the Spanish Flu was worse for old people. There is ZERO data to support that. Quite the contrary.
Posted on 9/4/23 at 1:04 pm to Schutzhund
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F#ck you are stupid
In other words, you don't like the question/answer.
Otherwise, please give an example of a statement you believe to be stupid and then elaborate as to why that statement is stupid.
Posted on 9/4/23 at 2:16 pm to BeepNode
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How would you explain the high rate of mortality amongst women?
How about how it had similar effects in Europe?
Explain how it killed more 15-18 year olds than 65+ year olds or how even the 55-64 demographic was hit harder than the 65+ demographic.
You're grasping at straws if you're trying to say that the Spanish Flu was worse for old people. There is ZERO data to support that. Quite the contrary.
What you are missing is the different population patterns, you know things like life expectancy, living conditions, and location.
Trying to compare age of death stats of eras with a 30 year differential in life expectancy is simply disingenuous.
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