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But now you're comparing individual outcomes to population outcomes. Yes, getting shot in the head is deadlier than (catching) the spanish flu. But the Spanis
by orwin 3y ago
But now you're comparing individual outcomes to population outcomes.
Yes, getting shot in the head is deadlier than (catching) the spanish flu.
But the Spanish flu was deadlier than firearms/WW1.
That's often the limit of analogies.
- fnordpiglet 3y agoSorry I think you’re confusing “deadlier” with “more death,” deadliness is a measure of likelihood of dying when exposed to the situation. Something can be much less deadly yet more people are exposed to the situation and it causes more death. Ebola is undoubtedly more deadly than covid. But it’s much less virulent, partially because it is so deadly. There’s no super spreading symptom free stuff going on with Ebola. Just death.