Re:Switching to an N95 mask gives a 75x boost in Covid prote...
by timr on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @11:54AM
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> Measles has a very similar mortality rate as covid.
Measles overwhelmingly kills children. SARS-CoV2 overwhelmingly kills the elderly and frail. This is why we have historically mandated measles vaccination for children.
You can't simply use "mortality rate" over an entire population to claim the illnesses are similar, when it's trivial to see that they have different impacts.
Measles overwhelmingly kills children. SARS-CoV2 overwhelmingly kills the elderly and frail. This is why we have historically mandated measles vaccination for children.
You can't simply use "mortality rate" over an entire population to claim the illnesses are similar, when it's trivial to see that they have different impacts.