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That's fascinating. Because poverty lowers life span by ~ 10 years [1]. And covid economics are expected to push over 100 million children into poverty [2]. So
by dr_dshiv 6y ago
That's fascinating. Because poverty lowers life span by ~ 10 years [1]. And covid economics are expected to push over 100 million children into poverty [2]. So that's a billion life years lost from economic costs versus the 10 million life years lost if 1 million die from covid.
[1] https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(18)30327-9/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-1...
[2] https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-poverty/covid-19/#:~:text=The%20global%20socioeconomic%20crisis%20caused,as%20of%2029%20June%202020 https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-poverty/covid-19/#:~:tex....
- dr_dshiv 6y agoMore here: https://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/abs/10.1596/1813-9450-9277 https://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/abs/10.1596/1813-9450-927...