Aside from anything else, it is remarkably reprehensible to refer to the elderly as "dry tinder", as if they're just waiting around to diehttps://twitter.com/aginnt/status/1326186855289692160 …
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I often wonder how the grandparents/parents of these people must feel. Maybe they don't know anyone over the age of 60?
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Replying to @GidMK
What if this is just discussion about potential reasons which could explain why e.g death rate is so different between the countries? In my opinion, rising oneself over the others with moralistic emotional comments is not the way how our understanding increases. It stops dialogue
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Replying to @merja_rantala
Nah it's scientific nonsense as well. The impact of a lighter flu season is tiny in comparison to the COVID-19 death count, plus the year before was a very severe one as well
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Replying to @GidMK
Though in Sweden the year before flu sesson was not severe but very mild. Anyway, I don't say that this would give any comprehensive explanations. There is much nonsense these days, but even more very confirm voices what is nonsense. Yet derogating comments are the most nonsense
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Replying to @merja_rantala
No, I mean that the 18/19 season was relatively mild, but the 17/18 season was severe, so the argument is wrong regardless
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Replying to @GidMK
Are we looking at the same graph? In SWE 16-17, 17-18 and 18-19 were all mild, weren't they? 18-19 was the mildest. As I said, I don't think this offers the whole explanation although might/might not at tiny part explain something. But back to the topic, I think you got my point
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Replying to @merja_rantala
Here's the public health agency report from 2017-18. Deaths higher than the previous 5 years, although only a little bit higher than 15/16 which was worse for 40-64 year oldspic.twitter.com/cXC2Z6aiw9
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So we were looking at different graphs then! This is the paper suggesting it (among others): all cause mortality curves were compared between the Nordic countries. I don't have any strong opinion on this, an interesting view though. My point was elsewhere https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3674138 …
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Lol, I'd trust the public health agency's official report over a preprint by a political think tank!
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