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Breakdown of Italy’s figures (edited title)

copilost said:
Interesting response to this article here:
https://medium.com/wintoncentre/how-much-normal-risk-does-covid-represent-4539118e1196
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We had this conversation a few days ago. It sounds callous (and by no means accounts for the human cost of this pandemic) however the report based around typical death rates on a population level not individual level comments

“many people who die of COVID would have died anyway within a short period”

but

“So, roughly speaking, we might say that getting COVID-19 is like packing a year’s worth of risk into a week or two. Which is why it’s important to spread out the infections to avoid the NHS being overwhelmed.”​
 
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