The vast majority of deaths are in the over 60's
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Around half of Covid fatalities are people who already have 3 or more illnesses
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Only 0.9% of Covid fatalities have no other illnesses
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Covid is thought to be much less infectious than measles or chicken pox. And it is less deadly than polio, tuberculosis and SARs
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Each day, compared to Covid, there are more deaths from Tuberculosis, Hepatitus B, Pneumonia and HIV / Aids
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Despite there being far fewer deaths to Covid than e.g. Tuberculosis, Hepatitus B, Pneumonia and HIV / Aids, the media is completely dominated by Covid stories. Have we got this out of proportion?
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Source: informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/covid-19-coronavirus-infographic-datapack/ David McCandless, Omid Kashan, Fabio Bergamaschi, Dr Stephanie Starling, Univers Labs