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ResponsibilityOne224 t1_j9c0a1b wrote

Reply to comment by EconomistPunter in Russia's economy shrinks by less than expected by SnooPaintings5866

Yeah. How many Russian soldiers dying each day? Was it almost 1k?

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EconomistPunter t1_j9c12yg wrote

Death is an issue for the families, but disability imposes a much larger economic cost on society.

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RobinsShaman t1_j9c6kti wrote

Lost productivity of a tax payer? Lost innovation?

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EconomistPunter t1_j9c6yu3 wrote

The mental, social, and physical healthcare costs of disability are astronomical. Caregiving further depletes additional labor from the market.

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Bagellord t1_j9cm8b3 wrote

Lost productivity of not just the individual, but also the people who need to care for them who could have otherwise done other things. If someone's spouse was a school teacher or a factory worker, but now they have to stop doing that to care for their disabled spouse, that's another job that isn't being done.

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beall49 t1_j9ebbym wrote

I really hate when people downvote someone asking a question.

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KingOfSockPuppets t1_j9cjf73 wrote

Depends on when in the war you look and what's going on at the time. Currently I think they're losing around 1,000 a day as they're on an offensive push into heavily embattled areas. Their total KIA is estimated to be around 140K so far

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jschubart t1_j9d2isv wrote

I think it is averaging 500-600 per day. Over 140k Russians have died according to Ukraine. Other estimates put it at half that. Still a fuck ton either way.

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