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>Everyone in the US knows that there are other undesirable outcomes besides death You can't really believe that. Maybe a small fraction of the population seems
by devalgo 6y ago
>Everyone in the US knows that there are other undesirable outcomes besides death
You can't really believe that. Maybe a small fraction of the population seems to be aware of this. The rest parrot some version of: "95% of people survive, its just the flu!"
- s1artibartfast 6y agoI really do. Being hospitalized and recovering is an undesirable outcome, and for that matter, so is having pneumonia or the flu like symptoms at home. Nobody denies those outcomes exist. I agree there is a longer list of negative health outcomes, such as chronic fatigue, shortness of breath, diabetes onset, ect. The association of these with covid-19 is less understood in the medical community, and less widely known to the public, and their importance when setting public policy is less clear. It makes sense to focus on fatalities, because while they are not the only negative, it is the most significant, any other outcomes would roughly track with it.
- InitialLastName 6y ago> It makes sense to focus on fatalities They're also the most obviously permanent negative outcome.