Exactly.
Also, they are not worthless. Worthless implies neutral value, or null value.
They are negative efficacy with major side effects and death. They are a net loss.
They are that. However, since "worthless" also carries a second connotative definition of "contemptible; despicable", the term is still broadly appropriate at the 50,000 foot view of the data this article takes.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worthless
(I confess to having been a fan of William Safire's column "On Language" back in the day!)
To fully unpack the excess mortality data will take several articles.
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Exactly.
Also, they are not worthless. Worthless implies neutral value, or null value.
They are negative efficacy with major side effects and death. They are a net loss.
They are that. However, since "worthless" also carries a second connotative definition of "contemptible; despicable", the term is still broadly appropriate at the 50,000 foot view of the data this article takes.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worthless
(I confess to having been a fan of William Safire's column "On Language" back in the day!)
To fully unpack the excess mortality data will take several articles.