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bryanrasmussen 62 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The Long Road to End Tuberculosis

young people have to die from something also, even if it's just getting old. So it's irrelevant what eventually knocks them out as well I guess.

alexey-salmin 62 days ago [–]

Years of life lost from mortality (YLL) is a concrete and reasonable metric, not just some hand-waiving about everyone dying anyway.

The_Colonel 61 days ago | [–]

Something which can be applied to old people as well, not just some hand-waiving about old people dying anyway.

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