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The Co-morbidity question / Matthew Edwards, Stuart McDonald

Sumario: There has been comment and speculation in the media about the actual and likely future life expectancy of COVID-19 victims often with an implied downplaying of the impact of the virus, as they were about to die anyway'. This became a perceived offi cial view when Professor Neil Ferguson said in a session with the UK Parliament's Science and Technology Committee (25 March) that the latest research suggested as many as half to two-thirds of deaths from coronavirus might have happened this year anyway, because most fatalities were among people at the end of their lives or with other health conditions

En: The Actuary : the magazine of the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries. - London : Redactive Publishing, 2019-. - 01/05/2020 Número 4 - mayo 2020 , p. 16-19

1. COVID-19 . 2. Coronavirus . 3. Pandemias . 4. Esperanza de vida . 5. Mortalidad . 6. Análisis estadístico . I. Título.