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Re:Expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would b... by throWaythxMod on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @07:47AM (#24270365)
Instead of deaths, we should use number of years of life lost.

When primarily 80+ year olds are dying from COVID, it looks worse than a nuclear accident that killed everyone.

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Re:Expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would b... by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @07:58AM (#24270437)
>Instead of deaths, we should use number of years of life lost.

The public health professionals generally do but neither activists nor journalists, let alone internet commenters ever does because you can't claim big eye grabbing numbers.

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