From: garym@mcgath.com   
      
   On 5/29/24 12:32 PM, Mike Van Pelt wrote:   
   > In article <0001HW.2C0541490026A28F70000C14238F@news.supernews.com>,   
   > WolfFan   wrote:   
   >>> Ok. Sad, but there are people who die of bananas, and we don't ban   
   >>> bananas. In that age group, corona was about as dangerous as driving a   
   >>> car, so not justifiable to close down the world for a flu.   
   >>   
   >> bloody hell:   
   >>   
   >> 1. covid-19 ain’t ‘a flu’   
   >   
   > Don't discount "flu".  (You did mention the example of the   
   > "Spanish Flu" of WWI.)   
   >   
   > The "bird flu" that is starting to transmit to cattle, for   
   > instance...  There's no human-to-human transmission (yet)   
   > but about 900 people have caught it from cattle.   
   >   
   > And half of them died of it.   
   >   
      
   If this thread ever gets back to convention codes of conduct, someone   
   ping me. I've skipped over most of it.   
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