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I said in another thread...obviously a lot people in the 70's and 80's die anyway. How do we calculate cause of death in that case? If, say, 15% of 85+ yo peopl
by onetimemanytime 7y ago
I said in another thread...obviously a lot people in the 70's and 80's die anyway. How do we calculate cause of death in that case? If, say, 15% of 85+ yo people die anyway a year, will it matter if they died from regular flu or from this?
- eveningcoffee 7y agoI think it matters if they have now higher likelihood to die (it looks like surviving flu is more likely than covid-19) and if they do so in large numbers overwhelming the healthcare system (so also other people have higher likelihood to die).
- onetimemanytime 7y agoMaybe I read it here or in an article, but quarantines might ensure that not everyone gets it at the same time. So even if we are bound to get it, it pays to get it in stages
- eveningcoffee 7y agoI agree.
- viraptor 7y agoFor the statistics - won't matter very much. For the person affected - yes. These percentages are for survival of infected people. You already know the person is infected, and you count how many died before they fight off infection.