Did you shed any tears over the 60,000 to 100,000 who die of flu each year? How about the over 55,000 who die in car accidents? Or maybe the hundreds of thousands that die of other causes EACH YEAR?? Stop with the virtue signaling. It isn't working.

One can only imagine what that number could have been without all the precautions taken?

If by flu you are referring to seasonal influenza, that number runs around 30,000, and for me yes, I shed tears over them - they are my fellow Americans, humans, and people with families.

I shed tears over them because so many of them are preventable if Flu vaccinations were mandatory (which would pay for itself in reduced loss of productivity and reduced cost of healthcare).

Even the influenza vaccination is not perfect. And some will die, but I shed tears over any unnecessary death that could have been prevented.

Per the CDC:
2016-2017 flu deaths 61,000
2017-2018 flu deaths 95,000
2018-2019 flu deaths 53,000

My point was not directed at you but at the false narrative that only Covid deaths matter.

Which CDC page was that? (I suspect you were reading the wrong column)

This CDC page shows the estimates as:
2016-2017: 38,000
2017-2018: 61,000
2018-2019: 34,000


All deaths matter but the number of Covid deaths in the short timeframe and the impact the virus continues to have on the world make Covid a bit different.

When the number of Covid deaths fall to something similar to the flu and when the reaction to a Covid diagnosis is something far less than quarantines and lockdowns then Covid will be just another one of the many killer diseases we wish we could get rid of.

Why would a well person want fever, body aches and flu like symptoms?

As far as the side effects go, well the data is still coming in on that. Most side effects from the vaccine are mild but, then again, most cases of Covid-19 are mild for those in the lower risk groups.

One of the most serious side effects of the vaccine that I'm aware of were blood clots (thrombosis) associated with the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. I've heard of other reported side effects up to, and including, sudden unexplained death following the vaccination.

Are fears of the vaccination overblown? Probably. Are fears of Covid-19 overblown for most people? Probably.

it is not the open/shut case that you might think that it is.

The flu has apparently been eradicated off of the planet. Some car accident victims apparently wound up as Covid statistics. So maybe car accident deaths are down, too?

It's all a confusing whirlwind.

Doctors in England are worried about the S. African and Indian variants that are coming into England. They are thinking that they may have to go back to some form of quarantine.

The British variant of CV that is gaining in the US is sickening and killing young children. And I believe that is NOT true about pregnant women.

Around 600,000 US citizens have died from CV. Many others had painful hospital stays. Many others will have LONG HAUL CV symptoms - perhaps for the rest of their lives - no one knows for sure. What if your 5-year-old child had symptoms for the rest of their lives? NOT a good situation. Get a high enough % (80%) of people vaccinated to NOT take that chance and stamp out CV forever! Your country depends on you!

Eric Clapton hits out at 'propaganda' over vaccine safety | Daily Mail Online

Yes, good post!

Getting DEAD from CV IS a "long-term problem". And NOT a fake problem like the made-up problems about the vaccines!

I am medical health care "signaling.

The J & J vaccine was found to be safe!