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To: AndyTheBear

On average depends who you are.

The age curve seems to be very steep. I think I’ve heard through the grapevine of three nursing homes that had about a 50% fatality rate among the patients.

Grade school—not that big a deal. Unless you go home and kill grandma.


19 posted on 04/17/2020 10:14:02 AM PDT by Hieronymus (“I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.Â)
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To: Hieronymus
The age curve seems to be very steep.

Yeah, that was already known. People who are older and have contributing health problems--just as is typical of flu--are far more likely to die than those who are younger and do not have health problems.

However for every age/health demographic the death-rates are a numerator which is the number of deaths and a denominator which is the number of people infected. If that denominator is way bigger than we thought the rate is way lower than we thought--the numerator is something we have a handle on...we tend to notice people dying.

74 posted on 04/17/2020 4:42:47 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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