[stylin19a]

Thanx for that. There is a link to the study in the article. Grains of salt needed.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-83040-3#:~:text=In%20total,%2020,507,518%20years%20of,per%20death%20is%2016%20years

The study is ongoing:

"Attempts to estimate total excess mortality related to the COVID-19 are underway, and emphasized as an important measure"

This article does say "As such, we focus on premature mortality here."

They do not take into consideration co-morbidity and they also don't say this study is of those that died of COVID only

"Second, those dying from COVID-19 may be an at-risk population whose remaining life expectancy is shorter than the average person’s remaining life expectancy16,17,18. This methodological concern is likely to be valid, and consequently our estimate of the total YLL due to COVID-19 may be an overestimate. "

Hello, McFly...

[CheshireTheCat]

“They do not take into consideration co-morbidity and they also don’t say this study is of those that died of COVID only.”

Actually, no pun intended, it would be interesting to see a study on life years lost to COVID conducted by actuaries.