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In terms of mortality COVID-19 was way, way worse than polio ever was.
by jeffbee 2y ago
In terms of mortality COVID-19 was way, way worse than polio ever was.
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- Terr_ 2y agoIt might be that visible and permanent disability from polio was actually scarier than abstract death, simply because the former is a lot easier to visualize and generates a larger set of hypothetical "what would I do next" challenges.
- brandonmenc 2y agoMortality isn't the only measure of danger. Like 80% of COVID deaths were over age 65. For young people with no comorbidities, COVID was mostly benign. Magnitude aside, that's more or less a normal disease. Polio was paralyzing thousands of healthy children every year with no end in sight. People freak out way more about something like that.