I am elderly, I think I am going to do just fine even if I do get the corona virus cold/flu. I took a temp job at an Amazon warehouse for 4 months over the Christmas season. I did just fine and it was hard work, 10 hours a day, 6 days a week!
I did, however, catch a cold which was pretty nasty so I stayed home a couple of days and got better. I did not develop pneumonia or die.
That being said, the very very elderly who are frail and immune compromised might develop pneumonia from this cold/flu and succumb.
The rest of us elderly who are active, fit and healthy, should not be unduly concerned.
true - if you are fit and active and do not have diabetes or heart disease or high blood pressure or any weakened immune system, then you are at much lower risk. I think most elderly have one or more of those issues and that’s why the higher risk for them