You can go read their report yourself if you want and see that what you've claimed is factually incorrect. Plus, all the data is there, in CSV or XLS format if

You can go read their report yourself if you want and see that what you've claimed is factually incorrect. Plus, all the data is there, in CSV or XLS format if you want to check their maths: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/prevalenceofongoingsymptomsfollowingcoronaviruscovid19infectionintheuk/1april2021 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthan... To me, they seem to be trying to make it as accessible and clear as possible with most news articles taking the salient points directly from the ONS's own summary. As you can see from figure 2, their data is not focused on old people as you erroneously claim, it does seem to show that more deprived = more symptoms, and that non-white are more likely to have symptoms.