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Originally Posted by mr. tegu
Do people routinely not care if they give their elderly parent the flu? Seems like a self quarantine regardless which is pretty much my point. Whether or not you are tested is not really a reason to give someone else the flu.
That said, people with obvious serious symptoms and higher risks could benefit from testing but opening it up to anyone with a sniffle would be a bad idea. People already abuse the ER unnecessarily. This would make it way worst.
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Yes people take the regular flu much less seriously than they would this. The regular flu is .1% fatal case rate. This is 10x to 20x higher. Maybe 5x if we're really lucky.