THE EXCUSE I HAVE GOTTEN FROM AN M.D. WAS, "ISN'T THAT GREAT? ALL THOSE LOCKDOWNS HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE SEASONAL FLU WE WOULD HAVE EXPERIENCED."
WORKING IN THE MEDICAL FIELD I RESPOND WITH "IF LOCKDOWNS PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION WE WOULD NOT HAVE EXPERIENCED ANY COVID DEATHS EITHER. RIGHT?"
THEN ON CUE THE USUAL REBUTTAL "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?"
I THEN TRY TO EXPLAIN IT SO THAT A GRADE SCHOOLER COULD UNDERSTAND, "INFLUENZA PATHOGENESIS DOES NOT DIFFER FROM SARS-CoV-2."
TO WHICH I GET "COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VIRUS, YOU CAN'T COMPARE THEM."
THE Checkmate MOVE IS THEN "BOTH ARE CONTAGIOUS RESPIRATORY DISEASES CAUSED BY VIRUSES, SPREAD IN SIMILAR WAYS. NO? THERE IS YOUR COMPARISON. SO IF THE PROTOCOL OF LOCKDOWNS WORKED FOR INFLUENZA, THE SAME WOULD HAVE WORKED TO STOP CROSS CONTAMINATION."