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Originally Posted by jammies
All this energy spent over a miniscule chance of dying. Most of us would probably gain far more life expectancy by eating better and exercising more.
I'm not getting the shot and I won't regret a thing if I do get the flu. Don't set up a false dichotomy in your head that the flu shot will "save" you from dying; it might save you from dying of *this flu*, but there's plenty of death out there waiting still. Safety is an illusion, and while a certain amount of thought about self-preservation is useful, the mass hysteria around this "epidemic" is way out of proportion to the threat.
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This is where I think people on both sides have it all wrong.
Some people think its the end of the world and some people think its like a regular flu. They are both wrong
This is a different bug and it needs to be monitored closely at first.
There are people on here that are sharing stories about people they know that had to be hospitalized and without the help could have died.
I don't think its the fear of dying and I don't think thats the main concern of the government either. The concern is the strain it is putting on the health care systems, many people know of someone that had to be hospitalized because of this flu. Like most they survived but they needed special treatment that wasn't available at home. The concern is that if we all get sick at once and some of us need hospitalization and its not available then more people may die because of the lack of available resources. I for one got the shot because of 3 reasons, and it doesn't include that I have asthma.
1) I have a 9month old son at home
2) I am a consultant and can't afford to miss days away from working. I don't get paid when I am sick.
3) I want to help in my part to avoid hospitalization so the ones that really need it for any disease will have access to it easier.