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It's been known since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic that its  Infection Fatality Rate has a strong dependence on the patient's Age, with the chances of death increasing exponentially as the Age increases.  This dependence means that two populations (e.g. - countries, states, cities, etc.) that are identical in all ways other than Age Demographics, and take the exact same legislative steps and preventative measures, should expect different  Mortality Rates .  Debates about which measures were successful in controlling the spread of Covid-19 and keeping the Mortality Rates down must take Age Demographics into account to avoid reaching the wrong conclusions.  While Medical Professionals and Statisticians know to correct for such factors when making comparisons, the typical person likely doesn't know how big an effect their State's Age Distribution has on overall Covid-19 outcome. Here we examine what one would expect the Morta...

We took a look at the Mobile App: "Bloodline: Heroes of Lithas", a mobile Collection/RPG game available from both  Google  and  Apple .  The game has some interesting aspects that distinguish it from other Collection/RPG games, but there's definitely a learning curve to understand what's going on due to a lack of in-game explanation. Bloodline: Heroes of Lithas Image by  Goat Games Last Updated: 2023-06-22 Topic Links To reach the top of the Leaderboards without spending money, we had to deep-dive a few aspects of the game: Traits: Tier List - Which traits are the best for different Champion Classes? Traits: Generation - How likely are yo...