This episode of Coronapod discusses one way that public health experts are trying to get to grips with the problem using metrics such as disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs).
As new data suggests that COVID could leave millions with lasting disability or ill-health, we ask how changing the lens through which we assess the impacts of COVID could change public health policies, the perception of risk and even the behaviour of individuals.
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