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Re:Children develop robust and sustained cross-reactive immu... by epgui on Friday December 24, 2021 @03:13PM (#29677289)
As a Canadian, I usually use the US DoT numbers (in the same ballpark as what you said) for my mental maths. A couple extra things to consider:

- what’s the date on these figures?

- can we extrapolate this to other countries?

- are these figures generally accepted, or are they controversial?

- how do you account for age, sex (differences in life expectancy, child bearing capacity, etc), education level or professional skill, etc?

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Re:Children develop robust and sustained cross-reactive immu... by novok on Friday December 24, 2021 @04:17PM (#29677817)
Ironically enough, I think the data set comes from lawsuits that determine all of those conditions. A surgeon for example with all of their future surgeon income ruined by a bad car accident + medical care can be around $30 million, while someone who is relatively old with no chances of future income + medical care would typically get less AFAIK. It probably averages out to that $7-10 million figure.
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