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To: SaxxonWoods

I just checked the chart as it currently exists on the CDC page.

The numbers were updated Jan 22, 2022. They show substantially lower numbers than the chart above. For example, the 85+ number is now 340X. Not 7800X.

But.

The Reference Group changed. No longer 5-17. It’s the next age cohort upwards. 18-29. So death odds for an 85+ infected person are 340X higher than 18-29. Huge change, and no idea why it was made.

The 18-29 cohort showed 10X in the chart above. So now it’s the reference group. If it were a pure 7800X / 10 it would be 780, not 340.

But.

Another tweak. The 5-17 cohort were too young for vax. 18-29 are often vaxed. That adjusts the reference group.

Odds are 85+ folks are still facing 7800X odds vs 5-17, updated to Jan, 2022.

Linkage: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investigations-discovery/hospitalization-death-by-age.html


10 posted on 02/17/2022 7:05:54 PM PST by Owen
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To: Owen

85+ year-olds can die anything at any moment.

Using 5 year-olds to rate death risk for 85 yr olds is garbage.

8700 X 0 = 0


13 posted on 02/17/2022 7:14:35 PM PST by SaxxonWoods ("If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself." - Minquass)
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