Originally Posted by
Jenni
Thought 2: I see a lot of people celebrating that this whole time we've been in masks the actual flu death and case rate has plummeted. Assuming that's true, isn't this a bad thing? If we're protecting ourselves for long periods of time via mask, social distancing, all the rest are we not setting ourselves up for an actual pandemic? My understanding is that the thing we know as seasonal flu is really the same strain types (terminology?) that caused the Spanish Flu situation. We just don't experience it like we did back then because of the herd immunity thing. It's out there, we just don't die in large numbers anymore. So while all the leftists are celebrating this lack of exposure (or in fairness, the lack of death associated with it) and saying it in terms of "hey we should keep this mask thing going" are we not actively weakening ourselves? Am I wrong? Does it not work that way? Is this something those in power know and are intending to do? I feel like I need to go out and roll in some mud just to be sure I get some germs, lol. (I'm kidding, I'm terrible about eating the tomatoes and berries while I'm picking them so I'm sure I've got plenty of germs.)