The key piece is young and healthy. Very few people who are under 50 and don't have chronic health conditions have succumbed to Covid-19. A recent study of NYC

The key piece is young and healthy. Very few people who are under 50 and don't have chronic health conditions have succumbed to Covid-19. A recent study of NYC patients [1] indicated that only 6.4% of hospitalizations (for all age groups!) were patients with zero co-morbidities. I would also argue that being aged 45-64 isn't exactly "young". The share of U.S. deaths for those under 45 is 2.8%. Under 35 is 0.89%. [2] It's also important to point out that the percentage of deaths attributed to a given age bracket is not the same thing as your chance of dying of the disease. I don't think you were suggesting this, but just in case other people read these statistics and are alarmed, I wanted to mention it. I'm not saying that Covid-19 isn't serious. But we have a good deal of data at this point that indicates that if you are young and healthy, you are very unlikely to die if you contract the disease. [1]: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765184 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765184 [2]: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm