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Re:U.S. Hits Record Daily Death Toll, with Worse Likely to Come by irq11 on Thursday December 03, 2020 @11:07AM (#25290256)
Nationwide in the US in 2020, 7,151 people under the age of 45 have died after Covid diagnosis. Under the age of 25, only 528 people have died.

During the same time period, over 50,000 people under age 25 have died from all causes:

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm

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Re:U.S. Hits Record Daily Death Toll, with Worse Likely to Come by 0xffff2 on Thursday December 03, 2020 @11:36AM (#25290698)
The odds that I die after getting hit by a bus are presumably infinitesimal, yet I still don't make a habit of hanging out in traffic.
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Re:U.S. Hits Record Daily Death Toll, with Worse Likely to Come by irq11 on Saturday December 05, 2020 @07:57AM (#25314199)
The odds that you die after getting hit by a bus are presumably quite high.
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