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TB kills fewer people than COVID-19 because most people have had COVID-19 but only a small portion of the population has had untreated TB.
by estebank 3y ago
TB kills fewer people than COVID-19 because most people have had COVID-19 but only a small portion of the population has had untreated TB.
- 0xbadcafebee 3y agoI didn't mean "in the USA", I meant globally. Many countries have over 90% of the population infected with TB. In the USA it's 33.4 million people infected with TB.
- estebank 3y agoYes, and in those countries TB is one the leading causes of death![1] In 2021, there were 10.6 million people infected, and 1.6 million died from it.[2] [1]: https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/tuberculosis/by-country/ https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/tuberculo... [2]: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tuberculosis https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tuberculosi...