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Probably a few things. Younger people getting it as schools open up, and it has already killed a lot of the people that it was able to kill.

• Ajedi32 5y ago
  > Younger people getting it as schools open up Wouldn't that cause an increase in the death rate among the unvaccinated? AFAIK this data isn't "covid deaths/people who got covid", it's "covid deaths/the entire population".
  • autarch 5y ago
    > > Younger people getting it as schools open up > Wouldn't that cause an increase in the death rate among the unvaccinated? If the unvaccinated are skewing younger over time, we'd expect the death rate to go down because of that. Younger people are much less likely to die from COVID, even if they're not vaccinated, and this seems to be especially true for school age children.
  • guynamedloren 5y ago
    This confused me as well -- it's not totally obvious with the way that the information is presented. Per the "Sources" tab: > Incidence rate estimates: Weekly age-specific incidence rates by vaccination status were calculated as the number of deaths divided by the number of people either fully vaccinated (cumulative) or unvaccinated (obtained by subtracting the cumulative number of fully vaccinated and current number of partially vaccinated people from the 2019 U.S. intercensal population estimates) and multiplied by 100,000. Overall incidence rates were age-standardized using the 2000 U.S. Census standard population. Rates are not adjusted for time since vaccination, underlying conditions, or other demographic factors besides age. So I believe you're correct in that the data comparing deaths against the entire population, not against people who got covid.