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Originally Posted by Excargodog
Depends on demographics. If you are a kindergartener you’re risk of dying is damn near the null set. If you are an 80 year old rock star on your second liver from Hep C, immune suppressed, living with HIV I believe the term ‘lead pipe cinch’ is apropos…
You are correct. The answer however wasn't for me. I was hoping our OP would be lead to discover that information and piece together the notion that for MOST people, 11x a very small number is still quite a small number. Peak death rate pre-vaccine (when we were all still 'equal') for my age group, 30-39, of which I'm on the upper end of that range, was 0.49 per 100,000. Even at the very recent peak of the 'Delta' wave, after many people have been vaccinated, the peak death rate for my age group peaked at a not much lower 0.36/100k. That kind of context doesn't stoke fear in people, though.
Edit to add this fun tidbit:
From 10JUL to 28AUG, the hospitalization rate for children aged 5-11 increased by a factor of TEN. 10x.
Imagine that headline:
CHILD HOSPITALIZATIONS 10X HIGHER THAN SIX WEEKS AGO! BEWARE OF DELTA!
No where in the article would it mention that the rate went from 0.1/100k to 1/100k.