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Originally Posted by The Mekon
Thanks for the last two posts that put things in perspective. The Vietnam war deaths were of young men killed in their prime, robbing them of perhaps 50 years of productive life. CV 19 deaths appear to mainly those whose life expectancy was not that long. Here in Australia, I believe our last 5 deaths have all been in nursing homes, and over the age of 80, some over 90.
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That is a real Millenial attitude John. I am sure all of those people were loved by their families, their children and grandchildren. All of those old folks spent decades supporting Australia through the tax system, their labours, initiative, etc were instrumental in creating the Australia we have today. Any loss of life in this pandemic is tragic, let's not discount them just because their Future Value to the economy makes a poor business case.