Leaving aside whether the number of deaths claimed by the article is correct, it is incorrect to directly compare deaths of infants with those of the elderly.

Leaving aside whether the number of deaths claimed by the article is correct, it is incorrect to directly compare deaths of infants with those of the elderly. It should be done using Life-years lost [0] or Quality-adjusted life years [1]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life-years_lost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life-years_lost [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-adjusted_life_year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-adjusted_life_year