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    A reduction in life expectancy of 2 years would only take us back to 2005 figures - in 15 years life expectancy has increased by over 2 years.
    Better health or better medicines or better old age care? In the end covid is only doing what something else would do anyway - we just don't want it to be us!

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    Everybody keeps talking about covid-19 as being an ‘instead of’ thing to die of when in fact it’s an ‘another’ thing to die of 🧐

    That’s why there are excess deaths figures
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    Quote Originally Posted by Witton Park View Post
    This stat seems odd to me.

    It's hard to find anything specific to an 80 year old, but what there is out there suggests an average 80 year old male will last 9-10 years and an average 90 year old male will last 4-5 years.

    So for those with a Chronic condition to last just as long as those without sets off alarm bells.

    Having said that, isn't arthritis a chronic condition? So perhaps every 80 year old is classed as having a chronic condition.
    The figures I give are for an average 80 year old - with, as stated, the average number of morbidities that an 80 year old has - these figures are from an actuary who works for the life insurance industry, so I am trusting that he knows what he is talking about. So I am not talking about the 80 year old in perfect health, just the average.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike T View Post
    The figures I give are for an average 80 year old - with, as stated, the average number of morbidities that an 80 year old has - these figures are from an actuary who works for the life insurance industry, so I am trusting that he knows what he is talking about. So I am not talking about the 80 year old in perfect health, just the average.
    If you do some sums on No of 80 year olds, deaths since CV started, I suspect you'll find a very small % of the 80+ year olds have succumbed during this period, whether or not CV or something else has got to them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Witton Park View Post
    If you do some sums on No of 80 year olds, deaths since CV started, I suspect you'll find a very small % of the 80+ year olds have succumbed during this period, whether or not CV or something else has got to them.
    I believe c 300,000 or so over 75’s die each year in the U.K. If say 40,000 over 75’s have died due to covid then your small percentage is 13%

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fellbeast View Post
    I believe c 300,000 or so over 75’s die each year in the U.K. If say 40,000 over 75’s have died due to covid then your small percentage is 13%
    13% increase, not 13% of over 75s
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    Apparently we all have a Covid age!
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    Interesting programme.
    Lots of good stuff on Youtube.
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    “Quite a lot changed that led to R [reproduction rate] going below one well before, or to some extent before, March 23,”

    Chris Whitty at the Health Select Committee yesterday.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Witton Park View Post
    “Quite a lot changed that led to R [reproduction rate] going below one well before, or to some extent before, March 23,”

    Chris Whitty at the Health Select Committee yesterday.
    Luckily many started self lockdown well before the Government made it law.

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