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The point is valid. The risks of COVID-19 to people who did not have serious co-morbidities was continuously overstated. This led to measurable misunderstanding

• nicoburns 4y ago
  > This led to measurable misunderstandings among normal people as to the actual risk. You say "normal people" as if not having co-morbidities is more common. But large swathes of the population are old, obese, have asthma or some other co-morbidity.
  • moduspol 4y ago
    Apparently despite those large swaths, the actual rate of hospitalization (at least as of September of 2021) is dramatically lower than most people expect. Why do you think that is?
• belltaco 4y ago
  > 71.6% of adults aged 20 and over are overweight, including obesity. Nearly 40% of American adults aged 20 and over are obese.
  • moduspol 4y ago
    You're making my point. The data is from the US. Somehow, despite high rates of that specific comorbidity, the data shows Americans are hospitalized at dramatically lower rates than Americans estimate. The post I replied to said: > That complexity was pretty ruthlessly exploited here in the US by groups that wanted to downplay the issue [...] Apparently it was not exploited too ruthlessly if surveys show people were still grossly overestimating COVID-19 severity in the population. Does this result in better COVID-19 policies being made? Who is responsible for this disconnect between reality and what is perceived? How can we fix it? Or does it even need fixing? Perhaps we'd save more lives if everyone were convinced half of COVID-19 cases were fatal.