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To: Psalm 73

When did we stop caring whether the elderly, the obese, and diabetics live or die? Yes, the mortality rate is lower for those who are younger and healthier, but the overall population mortality rate is 0.65%. If you only look at those 80 and older, it’s more like 18%. It drops to 0.65% BECAUSE you factor in those younger and healthier people.


24 posted on 05/03/2021 12:13:17 PM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

You just moved the goalposts.

If they’re the only ones at risk of death from COVID, don’t give the jab to everybody else; let alone involuntary forced jabs.

That’ll only make a few fat cats rich.

By the way, another MD on this forum has pointed out that humanity has never achieved herd immunity to any other coronavirus, so why the big push to force herd immunity by dubious means, it’s a fool’s errand anyway.


27 posted on 05/03/2021 12:22:27 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest
"When did we stop caring whether the elderly, the obese, and diabetics live or die?"

Stop.

The point is how can you not break down the affected population into risk categories - that's sloppy science.

You cannot compare the risk an obese 80 year-old incurs v. a healthy 40 year old.

29 posted on 05/03/2021 12:24:21 PM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

Many people seem to also disregard the long-term health implications to many recovered COVID patients. The number of people with long-term complications following hospitalization is not insignificant.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-long-term-effects/art-20490351


31 posted on 05/03/2021 12:32:34 PM PDT by phoneman08 (qwiyrqweopigradfdzcm,.dadfjl,dz )
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