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These numbers are exceptionally high on aggregate. From the article: "out of every 1,000 people studied, there were around 4 more people in the COVID-19 group t
by spupe 5y ago
These numbers are exceptionally high on aggregate. From the article: "out of every 1,000 people studied, there were around 4 more people in the COVID-19 group than in the control group who experienced stroke."
This means that for every million people who got COVID-19, we would expect 4,000 more strokes. Using a lower-bound estimate that 50% of the population will get COVID-19 at some point, this would mean roughly 650,000 more cases in the US alone (~330 million people), and this is in addition to baseline. A totally devastating pandemic.
- qbasic_forever 5y agoLife insurers are already seeing it play out too, there was a 40% increase in life insurance claims for working age adults in the last couple years: https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/longevity/588738-huge-huge-numbers-death-rates-up-40-percent-over-pre https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/longevity/58... A significant amount of people are dying unexpectedly early.
- usrusr 5y ago...and that's a generously low lower bound, because at this point, the only thing that could prevent a percentage approaching 100% would be a (near) extinction event like an asteroid strike or an all-out nuclear war.
- jd115 5y agoLuckily, the latter is not entirely out of the question now! (Thank you Russia!)
- peteradio 5y agoYou seem to be assuming the U.S. is made up exclusively of 60 year old veterans.
- hispanic 5y agoWhile the study appears to be based on VA data, I don't see anything about it being based on 60-year-olds.