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Wow; that’s incredibly high. Given the fact that most COVID deaths are among the elderly while overdoses trend younger the “years of life lost” might be very si
by bitcurious 6y ago
Wow; that’s incredibly high. Given the fact that most COVID deaths are among the elderly while overdoses trend younger the “years of life lost” might be very similar between the two.
- newacct583 6y agoIs that the right metric? What about grief? People don't mourn more for parents who die in their 50's than in their 80's. I mean, I guess I'm willing to believe that some deaths "matter" more than others as an abstract idea, but I'm always suspicious when people try to cite metrics like this. It sounds more like an attempt to downplay inconvenient facts than a genuine concern for the optimization of human suffering.