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Re:Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by... by jacob019 on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @04:40PM (#35719684)
Right? We should consider the added worth of each life saved by slowing down the virus's spread, which allowed time to develop vaccines. Although the worldwide response was far from perfect, I'm truly thankful for the technology and measures that protected numerous people. While I value freedom and individual rights, it's challenging to compare those principles to the importance of preserving a life.
Re:Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by... by mcguire on Thursday April 27, 2023 @02:38PM (#35732685)
I mean, that's roughly 800,000,000 years of life lost.

"YLLs per death increased from 9.2 in the first year of the pandemic to 10.8 through the first 2 years." (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35640260/)