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Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle... by refurb on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @10:47PM (#23766438)
Casually weighing human life against economic cost is not acceptable in what we might call a civilized society.

Casually? Sure that’s not good. But we weigh human life against cost all the time.

In the U.K. they value 1 QALY (Quality adjusted life year) at $50k. It’s very explicit.

People forget that economic activity is what pays for healthcare, welfare, etc.

You can’t ignore economics.

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Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle... by ashtonkem on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @02:25AM (#23767409)
To my knowledge all modern nation states have some sort of stat like that; it’s either relevant for healthcare expense planning, or disability/life insurance schemes. I believe the US rates it down to the value of each limb for the latter; and my private AD&D insurance does the same.
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