Just looking at deaths is an oversimplification. A lot of people under 50 had to go to hospital with Covid-19 and might have died without care (i.e. if hospitals would have gotten overwhelmed). Also there is a significant number of younger people with long lasting symptoms after recovery and even permanent lung damage.

[–] nutomic@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes thats what hospitals are for, to treat people when they get sick. Please give statistics for number of people eith permanent lung damage or similar.

[–] poVoq@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Very few people under 50 have to go to hospital with the endemic flu.

I'll try to find the study again about permanent lung damage, but I doubt there are good statistics on that and long covid yet. The real damage will likely only be known a few years after the pandemic.

[–] nutomic@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The pandemic started two years ago. If there are no statistics about long term effects by now, they cant be that significant. Its more likely that the media makes dramatic stories based on few extreme cases.

[–] poVoq@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

There are studies about people with longer lasting effects after an Covid-19 infection, but it is unclear yet how long they will persist and with overloaded hospitals and doctors it is not really a priority to do lengthy clinical studies about that right now.