Comment by jaza
4 years ago
The vast majority of deaths here in Australia, since the end of lockdowns and closed borders, have been amongst the unvaccinated, the elderly, and the immunocompromised (particularly the first of those three). We're not seeing young, normally healthy people dying in their thousands, as happened in much of the world at the height of the pandemic. Our response worked, and we've avoided widespread suffering, and many Australians apparently don't appreciate that, I guess due to the preparedness paradox!
> as happened in much of the world at the height of the pandemic
The median age of death in Australia is ~83yo. It's not far off from comparable European countries which are all around 80yo too. ( I don't consider the US comparable for a number of reasons, western Europe is generally the baseline we draw for most health metrics)
The UK has a median age of 83yo also, despite their horrific death toll and lax attitude compared to Australia. [1][2][3]
So the onus here is on you to prove evidence to back up such a statement that it's "healthy young people dying in the thousands"?
[1] https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/fre...
[2] https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/fre...
> Meanwhile, deaths among those aged 44 or younger made up under 2% of the total
[3] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/16/what-do-we-kno...