Fri Mar 25, 2022 5:01 pm
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I believe the median age of a Covid death continues to be about the same as median life expectancy.
I know and understand the arguments about someone who's made it to 82 expecting, on average, another 8-10 years worth of life. But so does a person who makes it to 82 and then has a heart attack. They can't all get the extra 8-10 years, otherwise the median life expectancy wouldn't be 82.
It's a new addition to the things that routinely kill people at the end of their natural lives, and sadly kill some people well before their time. It's not a reason to shut the country down, destroy the economy, or fundamentally change our way of life. I tend to think that in decades to come we will increasingly regard the lockdown response as completely bonkers.
I know and understand the arguments about someone who's made it to 82 expecting, on average, another 8-10 years worth of life. But so does a person who makes it to 82 and then has a heart attack. They can't all get the extra 8-10 years, otherwise the median life expectancy wouldn't be 82.
It's a new addition to the things that routinely kill people at the end of their natural lives, and sadly kill some people well before their time. It's not a reason to shut the country down, destroy the economy, or fundamentally change our way of life. I tend to think that in decades to come we will increasingly regard the lockdown response as completely bonkers.
Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.