See @Chris’ fascinating graphic about how much worse than the flu COVID-19 shows up to be:
Interesting Visualization of Covid-19 Deaths compared to other causes (US) - Share - FUDiabetes
It is actually frightening to see this growing death rate on the animation.
This virus has directly hit my family back home. It makes me angry when people play with people’s lives for the sake of politics. This virus is nothing like the flu: it is a deadly pandemic, and nobody should be repeating this lie. I never look at the politics category (except as an admin) and I will certainly not look up this thread.
Here the words of an ER nurse in NYC:
BBC News - Coronavirus: ‘Nurses prepare for the worst but not this’
Read this and tell me who is ready to tell this health responder that COVID-19 is like the flu?