“if it only killed the old people I don’t think governments would be hair on fire with this.”
Reports of younger people are appearing now
New analysis breaks down age-group risk for coronavirus — and shows millennials are not invincible
The new data show that up to one-fifth of infected people ages 20-44 have been hospitalized, including 2%-4% who required treatment in an intensive care unit.
“Reports of younger people are appearing now”
As expected. The early data was heavily skewed by the retirement and rich executive crowd. Also the younger people hold out longer before succumbing.
On the other hand, it has been long enough that if it were going to kill everybody, the younger people would be dying in droves by now in Korea and Iran.
I’d say the early dismissal of this as an old-people’s disease was premature, and that it has an age distribution profile similar to the flu but with a bigger amplitude.