The Covid-19 virus has caused us (starting with President Trump) to become more aware of the toll of the annual outbreak of influenza. I was vaguely aware the death toll was significant, but not the full scope of the impact.
I'd compare the flu and some social forces such as segregation, prejudice, changes in social mores. Like the flu, we're vaguely aware of such forces, but we only sporadically become really conscious of them. Like the flu, forces operate mostly below our level of consciousness. Like the flu, some social forces there's a range of variation in the instances: most being minor and temporary but some being very serious.
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