MOST people over 85 who have COVID-19 DON'T even go to the hospital.

[LAS14]

I've been wondering about this. Hubby and I being 75 and 84, it felt like our only option was not to catch it, which we are valiantly intending to do. But these stats are cheering.

Only 12.2% of COVID-19 victims over 75 go to the hospital. And of those, only 1/4 die (not in this current link). So even if one of us gets sick, we can/should remain optimistic. Please let me know if I'm reading this wrong.

All of the news makes you think if you get it you go to the hospital. And it's downhill from there.

The COVID-19–associated hospitalization rate among patients identified through COVID-NET for the 4-week period ending March 28, 2020, was 4.6 per 100,000 population (Figure 1). Hospitalization rates increased with age, with a rate of 0.3 in persons aged 0–4 years, 0.1 in those aged 5–17 years, 2.5 in those aged 18–49 years, 7.4 in those aged 50–64 years, and 13.8 in those aged ?65 years. Rates were highest among persons aged ?65 years, ranging from 12.2 in those aged 65–74 years to 17.2 in those aged ?85 years.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6915e3.htm

[LisaL]

1. Not sure what is there to be so cheerful about.

Some who don't go to a hospital die at home.

[Demsrule86]

3. But more don't.

[MineralMan]

2. That's true.

Perspective is important. That said, if you can avoid getting sick, that's the best approach.

[Dan]

4. I think you're probably right, but

I think it is the underlying other health issues that are a significant factor for people are age - in how or if we might survive an infection of COVID19.

Avoidance seems the smartest approach.

[roamer65]

5. It is best to stall until effective drug therapies or a vaccine are found.

[beachbumbob]

6. many are dying at home and not being counted as no pathology is being done

so the "official numbers' are far from reality