From: ansaman@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 4:52:49 PM UTC-4, bil...@shaw.ca wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 1:25:55 PM UTC-7, Bob wrote:   
   > >   
   > > How often have schools closed because of the flu?  I don't get the   
   justification for closing because of THIS respiratory illness and not THAT one.   
   >   
   > Covid19 has a fatality rate of between three and four per cent.   
   > Regular influenza has a fatality rate below 0.1 per cent. In   
   > other words, the coronavirus is 30 to 40 times more likely to kill   
   > you than an ordinary flu.   
   >   
   > Do you get it now?   
   >   
   > bill   
      
   Even if the actual figure is ONE percent, that   
   is ten times the risk. We lost a family member   
   and the outlook about the risk changed.   
      
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