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A 0.5-1% mortality rate for a virus that everyone gets is not "super low." That's alarmingly high for such an infectious virus. It's why CoVID-19 caused such a

A 0.5-1% mortality rate for a virus that everyone gets is not "super low." That's alarmingly high for such an infectious virus. It's why CoVID-19 caused such a spike in mortality around the world over the last three years, and why life expectancy in the US declined by two years.

Eumenes 4y ago
Yeah for the super old - https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-...
- DiogenesKynikos 4y ago
  0.5-1% is the average over the population of a country like the US. The mortality rate is far higher for the "super old," and lower for the "super young."
6nf 4y ago
People under 50 has a MUCH lower mortality
- DiogenesKynikos 4y ago
  It changes gradually with age, and depends on a lot of other factors as well. Given how infectious SARS-CoV-2 is, it is a very deadly virus. It's nearly a worst case for public health. It's not Ebola, but almost no one gets Ebola. It's far deadlier than other viruses that people get seasonally.
  - 6nf 4y ago
    Not sure about where you live but in Australia the median age of covid deaths is 86 which is 8 years older than life expectancy here. For someone my age (43) the probability of death is less than 1 in 100,000
    - DiogenesKynikos 4y ago
      In Australia, because of the zero-CoVID policy, most people were vaccinated before getting CoVID. In the US, the median age of people who died of CoVID is around 75 years. The average person who died lost about 10 years of life. CoVID is a significant contribution to mortality for most age groups. 10% of all deaths among 40-something-year-olds are due to CoVID. There are around 40k confirmed CoVID deaths in this age group alone. The stats are here: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#SexAndAge https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#Se...
      - 6nf 4y ago
        And the vaccine killed zero people?
        DiogenesKynikos 3y ago
        Many orders of magnitude fewer than the virus. The mRNA vaccines have proven to be very safe. Serious side effects are extremely rare, and not for lack of looking.

Eumenes 4y ago

Yeah for the super old - https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-...

DiogenesKynikos 4y ago
0.5-1% is the average over the population of a country like the US. The mortality rate is far higher for the "super old," and lower for the "super young."

6nf 4y ago

People under 50 has a MUCH lower mortality

DiogenesKynikos 4y ago
It changes gradually with age, and depends on a lot of other factors as well. Given how infectious SARS-CoV-2 is, it is a very deadly virus. It's nearly a worst case for public health. It's not Ebola, but almost no one gets Ebola. It's far deadlier than other viruses that people get seasonally.
- 6nf 4y ago
  Not sure about where you live but in Australia the median age of covid deaths is 86 which is 8 years older than life expectancy here. For someone my age (43) the probability of death is less than 1 in 100,000
  - DiogenesKynikos 4y ago
    In Australia, because of the zero-CoVID policy, most people were vaccinated before getting CoVID. In the US, the median age of people who died of CoVID is around 75 years. The average person who died lost about 10 years of life. CoVID is a significant contribution to mortality for most age groups. 10% of all deaths among 40-something-year-olds are due to CoVID. There are around 40k confirmed CoVID deaths in this age group alone. The stats are here: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#SexAndAge https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#Se...
    - 6nf 4y ago
      And the vaccine killed zero people?
      - DiogenesKynikos 3y ago
        Many orders of magnitude fewer than the virus. The mRNA vaccines have proven to be very safe. Serious side effects are extremely rare, and not for lack of looking.