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COVID was a serious threat for anyone over 60 for example, that is already far more than 1% of the population. Without the vaccines many more people would have
by fabian2k 3y ago
COVID was a serious threat for anyone over 60 for example, that is already far more than 1% of the population. Without the vaccines many more people would have died.
- somenameforme 3y agoYou can [finally] find data on COVID death by age here. [1] Of the total 1.1 million US deaths: Age Range : Deaths : Group Population as Percent of total US Population 55-64 : 159k : 12.9% 65-74 : 256k : 10.1% 75-84 : 300k : 4.9% 85+ : 311k : 1.8% COVID was only especially dangerous to the extremely elderly, and particularly those with severe preexisting conditions. So for instance that 65-74 age group, you have about 34 million people, and only 256k deaths. Think about the numbers in that 34 million with cancer, severe diabetes, heart failure, etc. But then you go the 85+ group and with 1/6th as many people, ended up with about 20% more total deaths. [1] - https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Deaths-by-Sex-and-Age/9bhg-hcku https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Deaths-by-Sex... [2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_Sta... (for the % of population data)