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It seems to me that however one might want to 'adjust' the data to try and paint C19 as being somehow less serious than it really is, when you start analysing the actual position it doesn't really support anything other than the conclusion that C19 is a flippin' nasty disease to get.
The one adjustment to make to the figures is the one for age. What matters most isnt deaths but life years lost. If I die at 75 it is way less of a tragedy than if my son dies at 40 or my grandson at 5. And thats one characteristic ov covid that doesnt apply to flu - the people dying are those like me in gods waiting room.
To my mind the great tragedy of covid is not the deaths of us oldies but the life damage / economic damage done to the younger people.
