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Re:Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, tri... by anoncake on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:21PM (#25114294)
1% is not insanely high, it's roughly how many people die each year.
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Re:Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, tri... by CRConrad on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:41PM (#25114578)
anoncake writes:

> 1% is not insanely high, it's roughly how many people die each year.

So another percent on top of that is a doubling. As many people again dying from Covid-19 as die from all other causes. How is that NOT “insanely” high?

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Re:Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, tri... by Izkata on Monday November 16, 2020 @01:20PM (#25115097)
Given the average age of covid deaths, there's probably something like 80-90% overlap there. Nowhere near double.
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Re:Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, tri... by anoncake on Monday November 16, 2020 @03:19PM (#25116512)
How much does people dying disrupt our lives every year? Not at all, basically. Two times "not at all" still isn't much.
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Re:Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, tri... by joshuamorton on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:35PM (#25114501)
Then indeed, doubling the number of people who die would be significant.
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Re:Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, tri... by anoncake on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:40PM (#25114571)
Of course, but so is the damage caused by lockdowns.
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Re:Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, tri... by joshuamorton on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:53PM (#25114751)
Are you suggesting that lockdowns are doubling the number of animal deaths?
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