My new piece about COVID-19 and influenza death rates, and how COVID-19 is far deadlier than the flu FYI @MackayIM @GermHunterMD @CT_Bergstrom @TheSciBabehttps://medium.com/@gidmk/covid-19-is-far-more-lethal-than-influenza-69b6628e69f2 …
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Common misconception. The headline figure that most people refer to (82 years in this case) is life expectancy from birth, given the conditions present in any given year. So people born today, assuming healthcare remains reasonably constant, would be expected to live that long
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Nope, it's much more complex than that. Not predictive per se, but it's not such a simple calculation
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It is based on real data. To some extent the calculation represents what you're suggesting, but it's more complex than that. Some reading:https://www.britannica.com/science/life-expectancy …
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