They are among the most vaccinated groups, but people 65 and older make up about three-quarters of the nation’s coronavirus death toll.
As the coronavirus pandemic approaches the end of a second year, the United States stands on the cusp of surpassing 800,000 deaths from the virus, and no group has suffered more than older Americans. All along, older people have been known to be more vulnerable, but the scale of loss is only now coming into full view.
Seventy-five percent of people who have died of the virus in the United States — or about 600,000 of the nearly 800,000 who have perished so far — have been 65 or older. One in 100 older Americans has died from the virus. For people younger than 65, that ratio is closer to 1 in 1,400.
Three-quarters of U.S. Covid deaths have been among people 65 and older
In the most recent 100,000 deaths, the proportion of older people has been increasing.
Since vaccines first became available a year ago, older Americans have been vaccinated at a much higher rate than younger age groups and yet the brutal toll on them has persisted. The share of younger people among all virus deaths in the United States increased this year, but, in the last two months, the portion of older people has risen once again, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 1,200 people in the United States are dying from Covid-19 each day, most of them 65 or older.
The pandemic is no longer in the early, dark days of spring 2020, when the mysterious virus was sweeping through nursing homes and assisted living facilities and killing people in staggeringly high numbers, particularly those with pre-existing health issues.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/us/covid-deaths-elderly-americans.html
Doesn’t look like the vaccine had any positive impact on elderly.
Thanks for doing the foot work. All that hype and money. Did we learn anything.
Doesn’t look like the vaccine had any positive impact on elderly.
It sure does look that way and this from the NYSlimes no less.
Doesn’t look like the vaccine had any positive impact on elderly.
Thanks for that article/link.