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7 million people is 0.1% of the population. Approximately 1% of the population die per year. You think that's a big number, but it's not. People die.
by throwaway22032 3y ago
7 million people is 0.1% of the population.
Approximately 1% of the population die per year.
You think that's a big number, but it's not. People die.
- peddling-brink 3y agoBut we do a lot to prevent that number from being higher.
- mschuster91 3y ago> You think that's a big number, but it's not. Yeah, but generally, your standard flu doesn't end the careers of about 6% of athletes who manage to catch it [1]. Covid is worse than the flu. > People die. Old people, yes. Young, healthy people in the midst of their careers? No. That's quite the misconception that has always stuck with covid, particularly as politicians focused on protecting primarily the elderly - the reality is, of all the US covid deaths, a quarter were people below pension age [2]. [1] https://www.dw.com/en/https-wwwdwcom-en-life-with-long-covid-video-63952402/a-65095119 https://www.dw.com/en/https-wwwdwcom-en-life-with-long-covid... [2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-...
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- fragmede 3y agoDeath is a much easier statistic to track than dehabiltiation. The tens of millions of people who have long covid are statistically significant over the fewer dead.