On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 20:39:24 -0000 (UTC)
Martin Gregorie  wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 21:07:43 +0100, Joe wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 20:46:04 +0100 Ahem A Rivet's Shot
> >  wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 20:17:23 +0100 Joe  wrote:
> >>
> >> > Occam's Razor says that there is a simpler explanation than
> >> > 'hygiene'.
> >>
> >>  I'd guess cough etiquette[1] to be a major factor, along
> >> with the huge upswing in effective hand cleansing.
> >>
> >> [1] Just how long ago was the "coughs and sneezes spread diseases"
> >> campaign ?
> >>
> >>
> > So why has flu been practically eliminated, but not Covid,
> >
> Nossir, flu is still a thing every winter,

https://www.theweek.co.uk/952092/zero-flu-cases-uk-covid-measures-suppress-seas
onal-virus

> so not 'practically
> eliminated' despite having fairly effective flu vaccines. At a guess,
> since it appears to have gotten less virulent since 1918, maybe its
> simply considered to be less of an issue as its virulence decreases.

In the UK, it kills many thousands each winter. Except the one just
ending.

>
> > which is a comparable respiratory disease caused by a virus of
> > similar size?
> >
> Whats' size got to do with it? Flu is ANOTHER SET OF CORONAVIRUSES,
> but a considerably less lethal group than COVID-19.

Not 'considerably'. A bit. The original claim of 5-10% lethality
has been drastically downgraded during the last year to about 0.3%. And
flu viruses are a group of their own, they're not coronaviruses.

Why are the anti-Covid measures effective against flu but not Covid?
The article cited above claims that the anti-Covid measures have
almost eliminated flu this winter, but it is silent as to why they
haven't done the same for Covid.

If the measures are almost completely effective against flu, why have
we tolerated many thousands of deaths, sometimes tens of thousands,
every winter in my lifetime?

--
Joe

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