We have been had.
Visualized: the World’s Deadliest Pandemics by Population Impact
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/worlds-deadliest-pandemics-by-population-impact
Masks do not block viruses.
CDC Covid-19 Survival Rates as of 10/2020
Age 0-19 — 99.997%
Age 20-49 — 99.98%
Age 50-69 — 99.5%
Age 70+ — 94.6%
Pandemic Death Toll by % of Population Year of Population Estimate
Black Death 51.0% 1300
Plague of Justinian 19.1% 500
Smallpox 12.1% 1500
Antonine Plague 2.6% 200
Spanish Flu 2.5% 1919
The Third Plague 1.0% 1850
HIV/AIDS 0.7% 1981
COVID-19 0.03% 2021 (as of March 15)
Visualized: the World’s Deadliest Pandemics by Population Impact
CDC Covid-19 Survival Rates as of 10/2020:
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/worlds-deadliest-pandemics-by-population-impact
Age 70+ — 94.6% Survival
Which means, there is a 5.4% fatality rate if you are over 70!
Probably higher if you are over 80! My wife is 81 and I am 82.
Pandemic Death Toll by % of Population Year of Population Estimate
So, how does that 5.4% death rate for seniors compare to previous pandemics?
Antonine Plague 2.6% 200
Spanish Flu 2.5% 1919
The Third Plague 1.0% 1850
HIV/AIDS 0.7% 1981
The Cuomos, who hate senior citizens, would love it if no senior citizens were vaccinated.
Which is why some of us are driving over a 100 miles each way to get vaccinated!
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/worlds-deadliest-pandemics-by-population-impact