Comment by Grimburger
4 years ago
> 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...
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