> Seems like the old farts account for more than 50% of all flu-related deaths; the author never mentioned that. Table 2 in the article breaks down deaths from

> Seems like the old farts account for more than 50% of all flu-related deaths; the author never mentioned that. Table 2 in the article breaks down deaths from the flu per 100,000 people by age group. Also, the section “Old people and the flu” says: Only 4% of older people get the flu (way less than other ages), but for those who do, the rates of hospitalization and death are dramatically higher. Roughly 10% of those who get the flu end up in the hospital and 10% of the hospitalizations result in death! That's a mortality rate of 40 per 100,000… Let's understand the death rate for old people. Yes, it's forty times larger than the rate for most younger people.