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

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

It just takes a few seconds to find numerous places on the web that break down "US covid deaths by demographics and age". Numbers differ slightly between sites depending on the data set that was used--just NY, including other places with NY data, including other countries' data, running the numbers in late March versus late April versus mid-May. But they're all similar.

Older means more dangerous, to be sure, but it doesn't hit 50% for any group that's classed strictly by age.

Even the age ranges given don't capture the actual data. The fatality rate gradually increases from the mid-early 50s, it's not too bad at 60 or 61 but after 65 really takes off--increasing as you pass 70, 75, and 80.

It's likely some <18 year olds pass it on to older people. It's likely some older people pass it on to those < 18.

A few places have run the numbers based on antibody studies, and included those who weren't symptomatic or not serious enough to get tested.

By comparison:
>= 75 are 5.9%
65-74 are 6.5%
45-65 are 22%
20-44 are 36.9%
rest < 20

Note also the approx 2:1 ratio of deaths, men:women.