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IFR for flu is 0.1% [0] - catch it and you’ve got a 1 in 1,000 chance of dying. That’s far higher than the IFR for covid if you’ve been vaccinated.

If you’re in a country where everyone has had the opportunity to be vaccinated, then it’s time to move on.

[0] https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-compared-seasona...

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What about people who can't be vaccinated? My sister in law is chronically ill and, according to her doctors, not well enough to be vaccinated. It means she is still having to isolate as much as possible.

Are you saying we should give up on protecting people like her (sacrifice her?) for the convenience of others?

People with peanut allergies stay out of Five Guys, and people with compromised immune systems will have to take their own precautions as they always have before COVID. You can still elect to wear an N95 and whatever else as long as you want, but you can't expect the whole world around you to stop for you.

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