Re:The most effective malaria vaccine yet discovered
by owenversteeg on Friday April 23, 2021 @11:45PM
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The average age of death from the coronavirus appears to be in the 80s for many countries. In Norway it's 84, in the UK it's 82.4.
You also have to take into account the health of those involved. Saving a life only for that person to live a few low quality years in poor health is worth less than saving the life of a healthy young child.
The resulting measure is the QALY, the quality adjusted life year.
Unfortunately there has not been nearly enough research or discussion about QALYs and their applicability to the coronavirus. There are a few studies out there, though, here's one: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hec.4208
TLDR: the mean discounted QALYs lost by someone dying of the coronavirus in the US is 4.3.
Re:The most effective malaria vaccine yet discovered
by cutemonster on Friday April 23, 2021 @04:54PM
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Yes, and, imagine you're 40 years old, and your 75 years old parents die, or your two 5 years old kids
Malaria's victims are mostly under 5 years of age. In terms of life-years lost, Malaria is far far worse.