The article and the media coverage need a bit more nuance. :-)
One area (just one, because my fingers are tired of typing) is that most people who get seriously ill won’t die. They will be absolutely miserable and feel like total garbage with severe pneumonia like symptoms. They will be isolated from friends and family for what will probably be the worst month of their life. But, they won’t die.
That will be folks (almost all adults) of all ages.
Exactly. But, the minority ‘are people too’.
I am that minority for the flu or this. Heck, a cold could do me in. I don’t have much of an immune system. So, whether it’s the L or S strain, I’m treating it the same. But, I’m also doing nothing different than I do any other day. I’m not even vaccinated from measles right now. Anyone who knows me, knows my situation snd would not ever come over with a sniffle.