When people keep pointing out that COVID19 has a 99% survival rate, they're kind of ignoring that there's 329 million people in the US. And that 1% of that is 3.29 million people. That's literally like having over a thousand 9/11s. And we invaded two countries over that, violated civil liberties, and people today still circlejerk about how that "united" the country. While I don't want that kind of unity again, as it's creepily authoritarian and did a lot of good, imagine if people had just enough civic virtue to get a vaccine or wear masks.
But yeah, 3 million people, often in excess of what we already have per year from other causes. Kind of hits different in that context, doesn't it? Not including how many people survive COVID but it screws up their body so much they have complications for years. It's not very nice to catch it, and thankfully it's now mostly preventable, if only you people would take a couple needles in your arm. Get the shot.
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