Re:Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births in 2020
by hilbert42 on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @12:22AM
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"...and almost all of them are over 50."
Not true with delta, sorry!
Re:Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births in 2020
by rpmisms on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @03:59AM
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Sure, Delta is more transmissible, but it's not more deadly, as far as any metrics have been able to tell.
Re:Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births in 2020
by taylodl on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @10:19AM
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The story I've heard is Delta isn't any more deadly to the over 50 crowd, but it's definitely more deadly to the under 50 crowd. I understand there's been a surge of younger adults going to the hospitals and ICUs and young children are filling up the children's hospitals. I suspect the younger people respond better to treatment, but I don't have any stats to reinforce that suspicion. Even so, they're filling hospitals and there have already been cases where people having non-Covid related issues have died while trying to find a hospital able to admit them. It's a mess.
Re:Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births in 2020
by rpmisms on Saturday September 25, 2021 @05:33PM
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That story isn't backed up by any numbers I've seen.
Re:Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births in 2020
by tclancy on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @11:28PM
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> Life is nasty, hard, and has a 100% mortality rate.
The same is true of rabies. Say what you actually mean.
Fundamental freedoms can be dangerous. This is something that's hard to admit for people who've never experienced the more real side of life, the people who haven't stared death in the eye before.
Patrick Henry was not the only person involved when he made his declaration. Many people died, due in part to his words. Life is nasty, hard, and has a 100% mortality rate.
Let me put it this way: would becoming a full police state be worth it to you, if it eliminated Covid? No? Where's the line?