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so it's a hard topic nobody wants to think about genuinely but isn't there truth to it? the nursigng homes that are being ravaged the most -- people are there f
by modzu 6y ago
so it's a hard topic nobody wants to think about genuinely but isn't there truth to it? the nursigng homes that are being ravaged the most -- people are there for end of life care. by definition. they are generally under a policy of do not recussitate. thats very different than any hn readers experience (nobody here is commenting as a nursing home patient). this is not to say their lives dont matter but the context does
- ebg13 6y ago> but isn't there truth to it? NO. THERE IS NOT. Less than 50% of COVID deaths are over 75 years old. That means that more than 50% are under 75. A full quarter of deaths are below 64. These are not people dying anyway. These are not people in nursing homes. These are people like you.
- legostormtroopr 6y ago> Less than 50% of COVID deaths are over 75 years old That means more half of the deaths are of people over 75, and 75% of deaths are over 65.
- evan_ 6y agoread what you quoted again
- modzu 6y agoi wish that math and statistics were mandatory education