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It's to allow people to live, on average, 11-13 more years. https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/longevity/497097-those-who-died-from-covid-19-lost-m
by xsmasher 6y ago
It's to allow people to live, on average, 11-13 more years.
https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/longevity/497097-those-who-died-from-covid-19-lost-more-than-a-decade-of https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/longevity/49...
It's also to keep heath services from being overwhelmed, which will cause a big spike in deaths from all causes.
- postalrat 6y agoI'd like to see how that average was calculated. I couldn't find in the paper how it was calculated. I assume it must be only counting people who died. Not sure how they count people who lived longer than expected? I'd also like to how it compares to other illnesses.
- slaw 6y ago11-13 more years is study for Italy from April 2020. It says also if people were not dying from other diseases. For comparison other diseases: "Using UK reports for approximate comparisons, the YLL for other conditions ranged, per capita from 8.2 for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 11.6 for coronary heart disease, 13.1 for pneumonia, and 21.6 for asthma"