In my opinion, the argument about the long-term side-effects of COVID-19
has to be viewed in context.
1) We do not know much about the long-term side-effects of COVID-19
because the virus has been detected less than a year ago. So our
knowledge on this is necessarily incomplete.
2) However, given the fact that this is a severe disease it is clear
that it will have such long-term side-effects for a certain number of
people.
3) This is however not something unique. Various diseases have long-term
side-effects. Just think about tabaco, alcohol and drugs which not only
kills many people but also has such terrible long-term effects (and not
only for those addicted but also indirectly for people in their
environment). No doubt, this shortens the lifetime of people by years.
However, I am not aware that this has caused governments to ban selling
of tabaco or alcohol (if we leave aside the U.S. in the prohibition period)
4) In addition, one must not forget the horrible long-term side-effects
of the Lockdown policy. Economic and social destruction, regress in
education, mental illnesses, etc. Again, this will shorten the lifetime
of people by years.
5) Finally, one has to weigh the effects of the pandemic and the
long-term political consequences for the political and democratic
regress of the society when the army again takes a central role in
political life, expansion of the police and surveillance state, etc.
Am 27.12.2020 um 17:25 schrieb Louis Proyect:
We keep going around in circles on this pandemic question. It is not
just deaths. It is permanent damage to one's health that is not easily
turned into statistics. When someone dies, you add 1 to a running
total. What happens if they don't die but walk around with migraines,
shortness of breath and brain fog for the next 5 years? Who is
supposed to follow a survivor around to keep tally when we can barely
keep track of contact tracing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXD4pLrmLHY
On 12/27/20 11:14 AM, [email protected] wrote:
As a resident of Sweden I visited the national statistics website for
information on covid deaths and to take a deeper look. The latest
figures are from the 21st December. (and not translated into
English). However the total number of deaths and ages of death are
clear to see by scrolling down this page
https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/statistik-och-data/statistik/statistik-om-covid-19/statistik-over-antal-avlidna-i-covid-19/
<https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/statistik-och-data/statistik/statistik-om-covid-19/statistik-over-antal-avlidna-i-covid-19/>
The absolute majority of deaths are the 80+ age group. Other
contributing illnesses are included as well. I trust this report.
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