Originally Posted by
Arapiles
Any doctor who told you that a coronavirus is influenza and that in any case you're a healthy individual so you don't need to be vaccinated really shouldn't be practising medicine.
BTW, influenza isn't "the flu", meaning some form of the common cold: the last time I had the actual influenza I was literally unable to stand up - it's incredibly debilitating. And I was young and very, very fit.
Those countries are highly vaccinated and/or have vaccine mandates. France isn't "getting on with life", they have the same vaccine pass requirements that we have, but are apparently relaxing when masks have to be worn outside.