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Thurstyy · 31/12/2021 09:38

Not economic or social, but the fact that it is really not good that we are all shut away not catching the usual viruses OTHER than Covid.

My son has been hospitalised 3 times this year with viruses which are not Covid. The nurses and doctors in the children's ward at the hospital told me they were seeing much more of it this year, with more severe cases of OTHER normal viruses because people were prevented from mixing so much last year. When he had bronchiolitis in Sept the nurse who came to see him at home said they were being prepared for the worst RSV season because of this and barely anyone knows or talks about it.

The typical yearly bugs have made my son so so much more poorly than Covid ever did when he had that and it could well be because his immune system was not given the chance last year to properly build up against them.

It is not good for us to live in a sterile environment.

There are other problems caused by only considering Covid and I'm sick of people caring about nothing else.

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rrhuth · 03/01/2022 17:18

I think minimising the deaths is deeply distasteful.

Across the world, in a lot of countries including our own, we have seen high numbers of deaths that would not have happened had it not been for the emergence of covid. It has been shocking to watch and many people have been personally affected by loss.

I really think it is wrong to try to dismiss the UK deaths as not being that big a deal. They really are a big deal.

Lifeisnteasy · 03/01/2022 17:39

@rrhuth

I think minimising the deaths is deeply distasteful.

Across the world, in a lot of countries including our own, we have seen high numbers of deaths that would not have happened had it not been for the emergence of covid. It has been shocking to watch and many people have been personally affected by loss.

I really think it is wrong to try to dismiss the UK deaths as not being that big a deal. They really are a big deal.

Aren’t all deaths a big deal?
rrhuth · 03/01/2022 17:41

No one said they weren't @Lifeisnteasy, you don't have to be a permanent contrarian.

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