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Collision Resistance to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

New Covid wave has begun and masks should be worn again, scientists warn

www.independent.co.uk

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New Covid wave has begun and masks should be worn again, scientists warn

www.independent.co.uk

Collision Resistance to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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New Covid wave has begun and we should wear masks again, warn scientists
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Spread of new variant could cause extreme pressure on NHS and cause more damaging long-term health problems, Sage expert says
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  • @hellishharlot@programming.dev
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    Some 40 to 70 thousand people in the US die every year from the flu. I think the big thing is most people don’t care until it affects them personally. It’s been weird seeing covid coverage be all, “THINK OF THE DEATHS” as if that meaningfully would change much

    • GreenBottles
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      1 million+ vs 70k… hard to compare COVID to flu

      • @Skwerls@discuss.tchncs.de
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        11•2 years ago

        40k to 70k isn’t even correct. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/past-seasons.html

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        • GreenBottles
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          you can’t say that in that provided any context to what you disagreeing with. I simply repeated numbers from other people a million plus people have died from covid flu number apparently doesn’t line up with reality but I didn’t research it before I responded

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            • GreenBottles
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              A million COVID deaths isn’t a lie.

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                • GreenBottles
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                  Bury your head some more.

                  Globally, as of 6:30pm CEST, 16 August 2023, there have been 769,774,646 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,955,141 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 15 August 2023, a total of 13,498,570,620 vaccine doses have been administered.

                  Global Situation

      • Annoyed_🦀
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        Meth is hard.

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