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Originally Posted by LewisM

People have short-term memories, especially the media (sensationalism for sure). Here's a few from the past decade, showing flu pandemics in Australia and globally are nothing new.


ABS data 2017 flu deaths: https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@...%20influenza~5


(as a comparison, current toll after 1.5 years: https://www.health.gov.au/news/healt...and-statistics and https://covidlive.com.au/report/deaths - less than 2017 flu season considering this data is covers additional months)



NSW health department, 2016: https://www.slhd.nsw.gov.au/Populati...eport_2016.pdf


SMH Sydney report 2018: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/...30-p522oa.html


Aussie Flu epidemic: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-...ts-say/9319372

Take the precautions, get your shot....and don't live in abject fear. Australia as a whole is doing incredibly well despite the ineptitude of several politicians (not naming names ) - our fatalities are not even a chip off the European or US numbers

Thank you Lewis.
Dealing in fear should be a capital offence ...unfortunately there are so many "influencers" for the want of a general description, who use fear to gather their audience or " followers" ...and they will point to one or more of the many problems in the world with such an intense focus that "their" group becomes entirely occupied worrying about that one area...it is unhealthy and unrealistic...I say to people to look "outside", meaning from where they are, and consider how any of these apparent "sky is falling" issues are actually affecting them, their family or their friends...AND sure there are many who are suffering due to covid measures but really if you think about it things are holding up far better than anyone could reasonably expect...personally I really thought 12 months ago that the stock market would crash and real estate would become valueless and actually make ownership a burden..but look..shares are doing great, in fact if you bought blue chip after the initial pull back you would now be some 40% up..I wish I bought CBA shares at $62 given they are now $102...but next time..buy buy buy...and you could think banks should suffer..anyways as I said things could be much worse...they are for me personally so I think if one had my problems you could become a little fearful..but I don't.. you just have to deal with all this stuff...and ..what we have is nothing when you go back to ancient times..535 ad ..plague where they think mortality in many places was 50%..bodies filled houses and streets, cattle roamed around as their owners were dead, crops went unharvested...or you think it's bad try living in Brittian, France or Germany in WW2...or being on shore when the terrible events took place in Japan due to the Earth quake...
MOST of all be alert to the journalistic sensationalism designed to generate fear..look at that dude ABC had re the sub last week...why fall for their crap.
Alex