Covid -19 Should Forever Change Epidemiology and Government Response Not Just To A Major Pandemic But To Annual Flu Season.
It is strange how it seems to be acceptable that some 100,000 to 200,000 people annually in the USA die with the common Flu as a major factor. As The US, alone, nears 200,000 deaths from Covid -19 going on to say half a million and probably more than that in due time, It is time to reconsider how we deal with the concept of public health. It seems strange for 100,000 to 200,000 deaths related to the Flu to be acceptable annually. The public health movement in the US started with what used to be real and not fantasy environmental issues starting with clean potable water and a safe sewage system for urban areas. We quickly forget that less than 160 years ago in parts of the United States there were still towns and cities that did not street paving. It is strange how present day Marxists who are also strident Environmentalists are now against semi rural living like suburbs that Karl Marx called for in his manifesto and are now for super high density cities that cram people closer