the venn diagram of people who think COVID-19 is basically just the flu and people who should also be taking the flu more seriously WHILE THEY'RE AT IT is a circle.

actually the flu sucks and if you didn't get tested when you were "sick with the flu and it wasn't so bad" probably you didn't even have the flu, and you had a cold

the flu also kills people and that's why you should get a vaccine because even if it's not 100% effective and it's a crapshoot as to which strains are more common each year, it's better than not having one

actual epidemiology people are sweating bullets right now when they think about our future FLU + COVID-19.

anyway please join me in staying the fuck home