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A friend of mine in public health mentioned to me that it's not uncommon for second waves of epidemics to be less deadly, since many of the people most vulnerab
by vaughnegut 6y ago
A friend of mine in public health mentioned to me that it's not uncommon for second waves of epidemics to be less deadly, since many of the people most vulnerable to the disease would have already passed away during the first wave.
- breakfastduck 6y agoI mean, that's just common sense, and something the media is actively choosing not to raise.
- mikeyouse 6y agoThis idea that the "Media" is this sinister entity trying to stop the spread of good news during a pandemic which the entire world has taken drastic steps to curtail yet which has still killed over 1.1 million people is just so silly.
- tfew 6y agoThe media optimizes for eyeballs and attention, and hence we see hysterical, inaccurate, and fear-based reporting. With all the noise they put it, it absolutely does crowds out facts showing that the virus is now likely less deadly than it was in the earlier phase of the pandemic. "If it bleeds, it leads"
- nradov 6y agoTechnically this is know as "mortality displacement" or the "harvesting effect". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortality_displacement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortality_displacement