New study: “His calculations show that the coronavirus has claimed more than 2.5 million years of potential life in the United States since the start of 2020. Nearly half of those years were taken from people under the age of 65.”
A researcher counted up the number of years of potential life that have been lost to the coronavirus, illustrating its impact on people who died very young.
A researcher counted up the number of years of potential life that have been lost to the coronavirus, illustrating its impact on people who died very young.
“These are everyday people who are dying...They’re losing time with their kids, their grandkids, their opportunities to build their futures.”
Looking past the data to what the last 7 months have meant to our country. #HealthEquity #COVID19
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A researcher counted up the number of years of potential life that have been lost to the coronavirus, illustrating its impact on people who died very young.
1/ The coronavirus has claimed 2.5 million years of potential life in the US. With over 220K deaths, that works out to an average of just over 11 years of life per death.
A researcher counted up the number of years of potential life that have been lost to the coronavirus, illustrating its impact on people who died very young.
A researcher counted up the number of years of potential life that have been lost to the coronavirus, illustrating its impact on people who died very young.
As an oncologist, I read many journal articles about life years stripped away by #cancer. Not easy. This one was gut-wrenching to read. #pandemic #ThursdayThoughts The #Coronavirus Has Claimed 2.5 Million Years of Potential Life in the U.S., Study Finds