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In reply to the discussion: I'm going to make the Covid / Flu comparison... [View all]lapfog_1
(29,243 posts)23. I can always hope, no?
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If masks stopped the colds/flu, why didn't they also stop COVID-19 transmissions
Yavin4
Jun 2021
#10
More to the point, a lot of people were casual at best about wearing masks.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Jun 2021
#16
Casual mask wearing is, in itself, an argument against masks as an effective weapon against COVID.
Yavin4
Jun 2021
#27
I cannot argue that at all. It has to be both sides, employer and employee...
Wounded Bear
Jun 2021
#12
Probably a large percentage of the unvaccinated have natural antibodies by now
womanofthehills
Jun 2021
#30
No flame here. I've gotten the regular flu vaccine every year now for many years. I
abqtommy
Jun 2021
#15
If herd immunity was possible, wouldn't it have happened with the flu years ago...
brush
Jun 2021
#17
And all these covid variants aren't mutations? We'll probably get yearly covid shots...
brush
Jun 2021
#24
Me to. Or getting there thanks to covid. I've lost 35lbs in the last 14 months.
GulfCoast66
Jun 2021
#55
The worst thing you can do for your kid is keep them too clean every second
GulfCoast66
Jun 2021
#53
I worry about you. Even though they are expensive, you should have those EpiPens just
smirkymonkey
Jun 2021
#58
The worst thing you can do for your kid is keep them too clean every second.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Jun 2021
#66