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Re:The Plague of the Poor by lossolo on Sunday October 10, 2021 @11:46AM (#28819290)
> probably around 200,000 - 2,000,000

There are around 200 strokes per 100 000 people per year [1].

And number of "heart issues" is even more, only deaths because of heart issues are around ~170 per 100k people per year.

Correlation is not causation.

[1] https://www.world-stroke.org/assets/downloads/WSO_Global_Str...

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Re:The Plague of the Poor by bayesian_horse on Sunday October 10, 2021 @03:53PM (#28821425)
The numbers are probably even less favorable since the vaccinations have been skewed to the older population for much of the time.
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