“While there may be deaths associated with the flu yearly in the US, it is primarily the elderly who is hit the hardest by it.”
Actually it’s both those over 70 and those under 5 that are the hardest hit normally.
This flu hits hardest in the 25 to 45 age group according to a CDC spokesman on Fox... who knows.
LLS
In a normal flu the mortality ages are as you say, very young and very old. This flu could be different, like the 1918 influenza. That flu killed the young adults at a much higher rate. Scientists today attribute this to that flu’s tendency to over excite the immune system setting it against the body. Those with the strongest immune systems suffered catastrophic damage to their respritory systems as they were attacked by the immune systems.
“While there may be deaths associated with the flu yearly in the US, it is primarily the elderly who is hit the hardest by it.”
Actually it’s both those over 70 and those under 5 that are the hardest hit normally.
Also includes those with compromised immunities such as cancer/chemotherapy patients, AIDS patients and so on.