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> For every one person who dies: > 19 more require hospitalization. > 18 of those will have permanent heart damage for the rest of their lives. ... > One st

by 6nf 6y ago

> For every one person who dies: > 19 more require hospitalization. > 18 of those will have permanent heart damage for the rest of their lives. ... > One study published in March found that out of 416 _hospitalized_ Covid-19 patients, 19% showed signs of heart damage. How many other mistakes can you spot?

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stoksc 6y ago
I just spent 5 minutes typing this up only to see your post.. thank you for also noticing. The other point made from this source (about permanent lung damage) is also wrong. I don’t see sources for the other numbers. I agree never closing the economy would’ve been a total disaster. But the math here is bad.
- me_me_me 6y ago
  Writing from Ireland, >20 cases a day (as of writing). The lockdown here was a huge success. But looking at the US numbers it seems that you got the worse outcome of lockdown/no-lockdown. Economical hit, plus number of cases are back on the rise due to people not isolating properly. One could argue that for US lockdown was a mistake. Or at least very costly move to delay/prepare for peak infections.