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To be pedantic, the remaining life expectancy if an 82 year old in UK in 2019 was 7.5 years. https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birt
by kthejoker2 6y ago
To be pedantic, the remaining life expectancy if an 82 year old in UK in 2019 was 7.5 years.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/datasets/singleyearlifetablesuk1980to2018/singleyearlifetablesuk/singleyearlifetablesuk.xlsx https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunit...
And of course, cumulatively many more "life years" would be lost in a no-lockdown world.
But the real tragedy is you thinking stopping a real, deadly disease that affects millions of people isn't worth it because of a completely preventable death.
- collyw 6y agoThat's without taking into account other factors such as comorbidities. Sebastian Rushworth did an interesting article on this, pointing out that it is likely wrong. https://sebastianrushworth.com/2020/11/29/how-many-years-of-life-are-lost-to-covid/ https://sebastianrushworth.com/2020/11/29/how-many-years-of-...