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These are not side effects of the disease.

These are side effects of the "safety" measures such as "shelter in place" and lockdowns.

I feel that you are side tracking the discussion. The original topic here is that a disease that causes 0.024% IFR should not be addressed with measures that cause higher deaths in a different way.

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> The original topic here is that a disease that causes 0.024% IFR

You misread the report because it puts the ifr at 0.63% (and that's going to be higher because they omit some deaths).

The 0.024% was for the age group under 50, that includes perhaps two thirds of the population.

I would up vote you more if I could. There is a weird group think happening on HN where you can't even question the quarantine measures. It's knee jerk virtue signalling and not data driven.

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