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Originally Posted by gliderpilot
Here is a silver lining. Strictly mathematically speaking, since no figure can be put on human suffering:
If I die tomorrow from COVID-19, I will not die next month from heart disease, next year from diabetes or the year after from pneumonia.
So the majority of COVID-19 fatalities inevitably reduce fatality rates of other diseases. Something "the numbers" typically fail to take into consideration...
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It's a fair point. However, I think when it is over, one might be surprised at the mortality statistics in US. Hence my veiled comment about what I was told today.