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The best estimate I found was from May of this year. At the time they estimated somewhere between 7.7 and 23 million cases of long Covid in the US. Compare tha
by pacificmint 4y ago
The best estimate I found was from May of this year. At the time they estimated somewhere between 7.7 and 23 million cases of long Covid in the US.
Compare that with 1.6 million people getting a cancer diagnosis every year, about 40 thousand traffic fatalities and 2.2 million injured in traffic accidents.
- jstummbillig 4y agoWell, that sounds fairly staggering. Do you have a source link?
- pacificmint 4y agoThe long Covid and cancer numbers are from The NY Times podcast [1]. The traffic injuries and fatalities are from Wikipedia [2]. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/podcasts/the-daily/long-covid-symptoms.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/podcasts/the-daily/long-c... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in_U.S._by_year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in...