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For this age range, the survival rate for everyone is 99.98%. It'd be even higher if your screened aggressively for comorbidities / general health and provided everyone with top notch healthcare knowing in advance they have been exposed.

I would sign up for this in a heartbeat. Not only for the cash payment -- but you'd be a local hero and you could feel good for the rest of your life about taking a small risk to save the lives of many ill or elderly people.



So 2 person out of 10 000 dies. You would be a local hero and you would probably feel good for the rest of your life which is 2 weeks time. Also, let’s talk about long COVID. Nobody knows how long is it stay with you or if you even recover from it. You are a hero but you cannot climb the stairs anymore. And you will be forgotten in months.


Except the point is people were willing to sign up knowing that is exactly the risk they're undertaking.

The alternative that we chose was hundreds of thousands of more deaths and millions of more cases. From people who didn't sign up for it.




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