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IFR increases approximately 4 times every 10 years. In other words, all else being equal if you get Covid today your chance of dying is about 50% higher than i
by orangecat 4y ago
IFR increases approximately 4 times every 10 years.
In other words, all else being equal if you get Covid today your chance of dying is about 50% higher than if you got it 3 years ago. (All else is not equal due to vaccines and different strains and better treatments, but still). It's yet another example of how terrible aging is for both individuals and society.
- nradov 4y agoFor most of us, a 50% increase in a very small number is still a very small number. The absolute risk only becomes significant at fairly advanced ages. And most of that increased risk comes not from aging per se, but rather from chronic medical conditions like obesity, type-2 diabetes, and heart failure that are highly correlated with age. We can do a lot to prevent such conditions. Stating that aging is terrible seems so odd. It's just an inevitable fact of life, like the weather.