🤔 You brought up that and even considering opportunistic pneumonia infections - your statement doesn't hold up.
I point out, correctly - that pneumonia crops up in common flu as well - the only "argument" is that somehow COVID is more dangerous - I think that argument is relatively weak but still only a matter of degree not actual difference.
Flu strains are like that - some strain worse than others.
You're right. There can be opportunistic pneumonia infections. Certainly. Which is why we would test for those and clinically rule them out. Secondly, we can also test for the flu, and rule that out as well. Thirdly, just because symptoms are similar, doesn't mean the symptoms are caused by the same thing. You could run over a nail and get a flat tire as a result, or you could have a crack in the sidewall and get a flat. Either way the results are the same or similar, but caused by different things. I think physicians and nurses can do a good enough job distinguishing between commonly seen pneumonias, respiratory syndromes, and other virus types. Fourthly, covid and the flu aren't the same genetically. It's the difference between you and your cousin. Similar but different. Fourthly, covid and the flu affects different areas. Flu typically affects and reproduces in cells in the nose, and covid in epithelial cells in the lungs and respiratory tract.
The argument isn't only whether one or the other are more dangerous. Covid is more transmissible. It was designed to be (my opinion there). It has widely varied effects on all types of individuals. Covid CAN be more dangerous. Absolutely it can. Especially for the elderly and those with compromised immune systems, and what not.
The argument that covid is the flu is wrong. They're different things presenting with similar symptoms.
we can not necessarily trust what we are being told about COVID-19
they have repeatedly lied about things concerning everything from the dangers, treatments and case numbers.
so, trying to sell me on the idea (when I have seen no evidence to support it) that CV19 is really dangerous compared to any other flu strain in a random year - I'm not buying this.
The symptoms vary person to person. Covid isn’t severe pneumonia per-se. I don’t see what your point is.
🤔 You brought up that and even considering opportunistic pneumonia infections - your statement doesn't hold up.
I point out, correctly - that pneumonia crops up in common flu as well - the only "argument" is that somehow COVID is more dangerous - I think that argument is relatively weak but still only a matter of degree not actual difference.
Flu strains are like that - some strain worse than others.
You're right. There can be opportunistic pneumonia infections. Certainly. Which is why we would test for those and clinically rule them out. Secondly, we can also test for the flu, and rule that out as well. Thirdly, just because symptoms are similar, doesn't mean the symptoms are caused by the same thing. You could run over a nail and get a flat tire as a result, or you could have a crack in the sidewall and get a flat. Either way the results are the same or similar, but caused by different things. I think physicians and nurses can do a good enough job distinguishing between commonly seen pneumonias, respiratory syndromes, and other virus types. Fourthly, covid and the flu aren't the same genetically. It's the difference between you and your cousin. Similar but different. Fourthly, covid and the flu affects different areas. Flu typically affects and reproduces in cells in the nose, and covid in epithelial cells in the lungs and respiratory tract.
The argument isn't only whether one or the other are more dangerous. Covid is more transmissible. It was designed to be (my opinion there). It has widely varied effects on all types of individuals. Covid CAN be more dangerous. Absolutely it can. Especially for the elderly and those with compromised immune systems, and what not.
The argument that covid is the flu is wrong. They're different things presenting with similar symptoms.
The problem is this:
we can not necessarily trust what we are being told about COVID-19
they have repeatedly lied about things concerning everything from the dangers, treatments and case numbers.
so, trying to sell me on the idea (when I have seen no evidence to support it) that CV19 is really dangerous compared to any other flu strain in a random year - I'm not buying this.