No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia yesterday

Re:No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia ye... by 0xfaded on Monday November 02, 2020 @02:18AM (#24965465)

Well, my parents live in Perth. They've been living a normal existence since May.

Monetarily, it's no different than any other medical expenditure. Would you spend 25k for an extra year of normal life? What about if you're 20-30?

Colour me jealous.

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Re:No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia ye... by Devils-Avocado on Monday November 02, 2020 @05:58AM (#24966678)

In Sweden 0.06% of the population has died from COVID, and those that did have a median age of about 80.

Would you pay $25,000 in order to have a 1 in 1,666 chance of living an extra few months when you are 80 years old?

No one would take those odds - but it has been forced on the population.

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Re:No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia ye... by 0xfaded on Monday November 02, 2020 @10:43AM (#24969292)

I'm not talking about dying, I'm talking about normal life.

I live in Denmark, with arguably more restrictions than Sweden. I'd happily sacrifice 25k in future lifetime earnings to have 2020 back. (BTW, as a startup founder, the possible costs of COVID may wind up being far more disastrous to my lifetime earnings)

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