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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by anonfornoreason on Friday November 05, 2021 @11:21AM (#29120529)
Depends on your metric. It’s perfectly reasonable to think that Kansas is doing better than Missouri because more people are able to lead the life they want.

There are other metrics beside “least fatalities” to factor.

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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by captainredbeard on Friday November 05, 2021 @11:42AM (#29120881)
The death rate difference could be due to something as simple as a higher percentage of seniors in the state, for instance, or differing population densities. Hacker News is full of sophists.
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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by dang on Friday November 05, 2021 @02:45PM (#29123261)
"Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Your comment would be just fine without that swipe.

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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by kickopotomus on Friday November 05, 2021 @02:46PM (#29123268)
Median age in Kansas is 36.7. Median age in Missouri is 38.6. Kansas has 4 towns with population densities >4000/sq mile. Missouri has 38 towns with population densities >4000/sq mile.
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