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Re:U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutiv... by swader999 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @10:33PM (#32671190)
Has anyone compared excess mortality between highly vaccinated countries vs countries with low uptake?
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Re:U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutiv... by cma on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:30PM (#32671596)
Low uptake countries maybe have worse medical systems and younger populations, so you'd some controls for that.
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Re:U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutiv... by swader999 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:37PM (#32671639)
I think excess mortality by its nature accounts for this. And you can compare similar age groups.
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