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Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by yucky on Sunday January 09, 2022 @04:56PM (#29867711)
>0.3% is the case only after torturing statistics

Ironic, since a 0.3% (or 0.6%) fatality rate is vastly exaggerated for people in low risk groups. The only reason the number is even that high is due to the high death tolls of people in high risk groups.

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Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by javagram on Monday January 10, 2022 @08:38AM (#29874552)
That is how averages work. One could equally point out that 0.6% IFR actually underestimated the risk for some adults.

Many people shared Facebook memes of a “99.9%” survival rate not understanding that they personally were at greater risk than that. This page was available on the CDC website for quite a long time explaining the different risks in a pretty straightforward table https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investi...

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Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by giraffe_lady on Monday January 10, 2022 @12:08PM (#29877911)
> The only reason the number is even that high is due to the high death tolls of people in high risk groups.

The only reason the fatality rate is that high is because people died? What are you trying to say here? What else would it measure?

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Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by yucky on Monday January 10, 2022 @07:03PM (#29885026)
Let's try this another way. If you're healthy and under 50 your odds of dying from covid are roughly on par with being struck by lightning.

Better?

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Re:Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report... by giraffe_lady on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @09:22AM (#29891713)
I'm neither so not really.
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