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   Boron Elgar to All   
   Re: Coronavirus Party (Bus)   
   18 Aug 20 19:39:33   
   
   From: boron_elgar@hotmail.com   
      
   On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:07:42 -0700 (PDT), ansaman    
   wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
      
   I am sorry for your loss.   
      
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