Yeah, to be fair, I should have phrased that more precisely: I see no reason why the age breakdown of covid lethality (number of deaths per age group, normalized by the number of cases in that age group) should differ between countries.

Those factors you mention might shift the exposure of various age groups, and thus the distribution of absolute case and death numbers by age, but not the distribution of lethality over the age groups. For example, if more young than old people are incarcerated, then there should be more cases among the young, relative to old folks. But the actual lethality/risk of dying in both groups should remain the same.

Obesity rates should be higher in the U.S. than in other countries by a certain factor, but I see no reason why this factor should significantly vary over age. Say there are twice as many obese people in the U.S. than in Germany - do you think this number comes from 5 times as many young obese Americans than young obese Germans, but only 1.2 times as many old obese Americans than old obese Germans, or vice versa? I really doubt that.

Similarly, poverty, lack of healthcare and stigma should also be flat risk factors whose variation across age should be very similar in different countries. They should not shift the age distribution of lethality and just increase the risk across-the-board.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Sep 10 2020 02:08pm

Like I already wrote, when you have hundreds of thousands or even millions of cases, you will inevitably have a few freak cases among them. Parading those cases in the press carries the risk of distorting the risk perception. There's no way around the fact that we need systematic data on the frequency with which those long-term effects occur, particularly in young and/or healthy patients.

95% dont have any chronic symptoms.

what i find amazing is that all the dumbasses who uncritically bought into every single corona conspiracy theory couldn't care less about direct and irrefutable evidence that their government deliberately screwed them over, leading to tens of thousands of preventable deaths.

Can't really get long-term studies before a long-term time-frame happens.

Something that's important to understand about fatalities is also that doctors are just better at treating it now and keeping people alive compared to March. So it's actually expected that we would see a significant decrease in mortality at this point. It's very likely it's real, but it's not because the virus is less risky. If the hospitals get overwhelmed those numbers will go back up.

heart , brain, vessels damage, myocarditis, "POTs" are not a joke you know.

So first it was fake news and now he finally admits it during a press conference but claims it was to show strength.

Mass incarceration is the dumbest conspiracy theory in the world.

If you dont want to be in jail stop selling heroin.

This post was edited by EndlessSky on Sep 10 2020 05:49pm

We should legalize the sale of heroin so dumb white people can die of overdoses.

Now this is the kind of thing I can get behind.