Add the 60-70 cohort into the mix, and the death toll comes in at 1771. Keeping in mind that by the CDC's own estimates, only 6% of COVID-19 deaths occurred without co-morbidities, we can extrapolate that the virus has killed about 100 people under 70. That's in the entire country of 35 million, since the first death in a BC nursing home last March. (Stats here.)
Is our response to the pandemic commensurate with the threat it poses? The hundreds of billions squandered, a generation of children's lives scarred, all in the name of preserving the lives of a relative handful of seniors?
Remember, this is a country that can't afford pharma-care, universal child care, dental care. We can't afford to address our housing crisis, nor are we capable of providing adequate health care, education, or potable water to First Nations.
But we can bankrupt the nation to prolong the lives of the elderly?
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