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Originally Posted by Pamelah

The difference: There are flu vaccinations, there are none for Covid. Does that tell us that millions of people aren’t vaccinated for the flu, get sick and die? Kinda like non mask wearers? It would be interesting to know how many of those flu deaths occurred in non vaccinated folks. Kinda like non mask folk.

The CDC in 2019 published a report on research into whether masks provided any protection from the Flu virus. The conclusion was, NO! This report can easily be extrapolated to covid. Also. with our current level of treatments, the death rate for those 70-75 is now .006 per thousand, less than the Flu.

Full disclosure: Despite the above I do wear a mask when in a store just to avoid the frowns or outright anger and because I think masks do provide a slight barrier to blocking someone else's germs and sneezes. And I do get a flu shot every year.