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| vivster said: You know the sad thing, though? Nobody gives a single shit about those 25k cold deaths. Or the hundreds of thousands of other preventable deaths. It's kinda morbid to think that there is a clear line of which people dying is cool and which people dying is not cool. For example, 250k of people dying from covid in the US would be super uncool. But over 400k of people dying from smoking every year is super cool. US deaths won't reach that worst case scenario, but it will still be treated like the worst health crisis ever. Everyone will pat themselves on their backs and then continue to change nothing about anything else. |
Don't you have the yearly flu vaccination calls all over tv in Germany? Get the flu shot posted at every pharmacy through out the country? The flu gets a major campaign here every year.
Smoking hasn't been cool since the 90s, forbidden nearly everywhere with grim warnings on the cartons. When I grew up public transport, schools, hospitals, all smelled like ash trays. That's all in the past. And now there are a lot of warnings and plans to limit vaping as well. Eat healthy campaigns are always there as well, yet in the end it's up to the people themselves.
Plenty of people give a shit. And plenty of people still don't give a shit about covid19. The difference is, governments are shutting down the country for something that can cripple the entire nation. No treatment, no vaccine, very contagious, too many unknowns.
There will be many questions asked and fingers pointed after this, not much patting on the back. And people will continue to care about all the other preventable deaths. And other people will continue to not care about stuff that they're sure won't happen to them.
