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> This is less likely than dying of COVID in any age category. 0.00025%. Is this not apples and oranges? The odds of a Covid patient dying from Covid is higher
by lurquer 5y ago
> This is less likely than dying of COVID in any age category. 0.00025%.
Is this not apples and oranges? The odds of a Covid patient dying from Covid is higher, is it not, than the odds of a person dying from Covid?
That is, one must take into account the chances of catching Covid in the first place.
If there is a nasty disease with 10% mortality, and a vaccine with only a 0.001% chance of mortality, there would not be sufficient information to decide whether to take the vaccine... instead, you would also need to know your chances of catching the nasty disease in the first place over some period of time.