No,
This was worded awkwardly. It means that 80% of people dying of coronavirus are over 65 years. On the flip side, if you are over 65 years old and get Covid, your odds of surviving is about 85%. Or 15% of people over 65 are going to die if they get the virus. That are not particularly great odds, but still most older people survive.
As a matter of fact, I do not know the odds within the group of 65+, but looks like the people in 60ties are in lot better shape than in 80 ties. I read that the median age of Covid deats is 80 years. For the Rio Linda folks, it means that half of the covid deaths are folks older than 80.
To illustrate.
The covid survival odds (85% survive) of older people are similar to survival odds of many cancers (except for the extremely vicious kind), if caught early.
That makes a great deal more sense. Thank you.
I read that the median age of Covid deats is 80 years. For the Rio Linda folks, it means that half of the covid deaths are folks older than 80.
Thanks for the clarification from an all most 82 year old.
Click this link and give it about 30 seconds to download the latest CDC data.
More people are probably dying from aliens attacking them in the past month/week than from Covid 19:
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#AgeAndSex