It effects middle-age people as well, it’s just that when mortality rate rises from 0.01 (flu) to 0.3% in this specific age group it looks much better than for

It effects middle-age people as well, it’s just that when mortality rate rises from 0.01 (flu) to 0.3% in this specific age group it looks much better than for the elderly with over 10% mortality. 0.3% is still catastrophic and even those who don’t die can have severe long-term effects (see Netherlands cases)