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By "narrative", I assume you mean the idea that "Covid doesn't affect the young by very much". Taken as a proportion of total Covid deaths, that is very true.
by ppf 6y ago
By "narrative", I assume you mean the idea that "Covid doesn't affect the young by very much".
Taken as a proportion of total Covid deaths, that is very true.
Given that practically no young people die in developed countries, it doesn't take much to make a big change to the excess mortality figure for that age group.