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'For example, with 1,000 60-year-olds infected with the old variant, 10 of them might be expected to die. But this rises to about 13 with the new variant.'
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Only 3, meh who cares...remember loved ones will die.
More old, homeless and benefits recipients die, more money for tories to give to their mates. This is what we vote for.
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30% increase in mortality is pretty horrifying.
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Thinking about the statistical analysis required makes my head hurt.
Maybe I’m over thinking it but I’m guessing standard deviation against a non-normal distribution.If one of the data geeks here can enlighten me feel free!
lynx
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GoatandTricycle
I believe they were saying that per X people catching it, more people died with that variant than the normal one.
So more people are catching it but more of those catching it are also dying.