I couldn't figure out why Republicans were all of a sudden comparing COVID to cancer. The comparison seems very dumb, but it's the same progression as when they were comparing COVID to the Flu.
The CDC has now posted numbers from 2020 and COVID was the 3rd leading cause of death in the US. And number 2 is cancer. So it just follows along with the new bar they set for COVID over the past couple of years.
-The flu has killed more people than COVID.
-The flu has killed as many people as COVID.
-The worst flu season was just as bad as COVID.
-The Spanish flu killed more people than COVID.
Since COVID broke those bars, now they moved on to Cancer.
-Cancer has killed more people than COVID.
So any time you hear anyone compare COVID to Cancer, it may sound dumb (and it is) but if you want to know why they're doing it, it's because Cancer deaths are the next bar they set.
Last year, COVID deaths were around 345,000. This year COVID deaths are around 458,000. Last year the over all death rate in this country increased by over 16% (that's a massive shift). And this year, COVID has killed more than last year.
Get vaccinated. Since they want to compare it to Cancer, if there was a vaccine you could take to cure cancer, wouldn't you take it?
Hopefully the new drug will also help, but pretending that COVID is no big deal is about the same as thinking cancer is no big deal.
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