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iluvtennis

(21,481 posts) Tue May 26, 2020, 01:18 PM May 2020

CNN: 80% of CV-19 deaths are for folks 65/older; 78% of positve cases are for folks 64/younger [View all]

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this tells me that the young/middle age folks may be passing CV-19 to their older family members and when older folks get it, it's typically fatal

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CNN: 80% of CV-19 deaths are for folks 65/older; 78% of positve cases are for folks 64/younger [View all] iluvtennis May 2020 OP

Yep, Red Don wants to send kids back to school so they can bring CV19 home & kill their parents ... uponit7771 May 2020 #1

Fun fact: 63% of over-65's voted for Trump in 2016 tinrobot May 2020 #2

a fatal mistake 0rganism May 2020 #6

no, Trump took 52 to 53% of the 65+ vote, Clinton got 44 to 45% Celerity May 2020 #13

This is why so many are going out JI7 May 2020 #3

Most of we old folks are still hiding in our homes. crazylikafox May 2020 #4

Yup they gonna go kill Nana and Meemaw ismnotwasm May 2020 #5

Death is not the " worst" thing to clinically happen with COVID 19... FarPoint May 2020 #7

This and the fact that people of color are heavily impacted Turbineguy May 2020 #8

Exactly right... Moostache May 2020 #9

Indeed. nt iluvtennis May 2020 #11

No, it's not typically fatal when people that are older get it. Igel May 2020 #10

thanks for this breakdown - much appreciated. nt iluvtennis May 2020 #12