flacaltenn
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Are you sure? Or is this just another made up back of the envelope bullshit calculation.over 80% of deaths are folks over 64 or so.... And virtually no deaths for kids...
COVID-19 mortality by age U.S. 2020 | Statista
It was estimated that around 30 percent of those aged 80 years and older who had COVID-19 in the United States from January 22 to May 30, 2020 died from the disease.www.statista.com
I'm quite that in the US as in many other countries since the START of this plague that of the death numbers -- it's about 80% of deaths are 64 and over... VERY certain in fact...
Coronavirus: COVID Deaths in U.S. by Age, Race
While coronavirus is obviously concerning and a very real threat to some people (namely, the elderly and immunocompromised), these data also show that the risk for the rest of the population is quite low.
www.acsh.org
Also From latest CDC
As of 8/26/2020
Under 1yr 17
1-4 12
4-14 28
15-24 280
25-34 1257
35-44 3301
45-54 8648
55-64 20.655 12.57%
65-74 34,980 21.29%
75-84 43,392 26.41%
85 and up 51,710 31.48%
Total 164,280
65 and up = 79.2%