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Ok, now do it by age group: "Likewise, the mean age of the people who died in 1918 was 28, whereas with Covid, deaths are occurring mainly in the elderly, said
by peteradio 5y ago
Ok, now do it by age group:
"Likewise, the mean age of the people who died in 1918 was 28, whereas with Covid, deaths are occurring mainly in the elderly, said Viboud, who works at the National Institutes of Health’s Fogerty International Center. In terms of cumulative years of life lost, the Spanish flu’s impact thus remains greater."
- bxrxdx 5y agoDoes it not count when old people die?
- BoHerfVJrEsq 5y agoWell, we might say it counts less, because fewer years of life are lost. Sorry to say, but we expect people at or beyond life expectancy to die of something.
- vibrato2 5y agoWhen they’re using a non diagnostic test to categorize them, yes. It doesn’t count.
- castis 5y agoIt totally counts, but the goal posts are much easier to move when you organize things in a very specific way.
- mbg721 5y agoIt depends what you're measuring. Do people live forever, perfectly healthy by default?
- refurb 5y agoIt counts, just not as much. Go look up “quality adjusted life year”.
- peteradio 5y agoNot saying it shouldn't be counted but it may not end up weighing the same in policy decisions. Would you take 1000000 life years from one age group and give it to an older one? Seems wrong doesn't it? Quality of life matters and it should be balanced against the obligations to our elderly not totally subjugated.