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The people dying of COVID are for the most part over age 70. Many are over 80. This is an age where death and disease are unremarkable.
by throwaway201103 6y ago
The people dying of COVID are for the most part over age 70. Many are over 80. This is an age where death and disease are unremarkable.
- flavor8 6y ago> for the most part over age 70. CDC categories don't line up to "70" that well, but there are plenty of younger deaths. 51% are 74 or younger. 33% are 64 or younger. https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Death-Counts-by-Sex-Age-and-S/9bhg-hcku https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Death-Counts-...
- belval 6y agoI think you should check the very link you sent because only 21% are 64 or younger. The ranges overlap.
- jjulius 6y agoThat's not necessarily what OP's saying. My inference is that OP is suggesting that a constantly prevalent pandemic makes people more likely to think about their own health and mortality in a broader sense than they might if there weren't a pandemic.