The average 82 year old man is not "about to die". In fact, on average, an 80 year old male lives for over 7 more years. An 83 year old will on average live another 6 years. Those are just averages. Some 80 year olds are at deaths door, while others will live well into their 90's. We shouldn't dismiss all the victims as "about to die anyway", as most probably had much more life to live. An 82 year old dying isn't as sad as the death of a young person, but for a husband, wife, son or daughter, it's still a major loss.
Amen.
Boy, talk about reading a lot into something that isn’t there. Never did I even hint at dismissing older folks as “about to die anyway”. Statistically they’re far more vulnerable, fragile, and susceptible to many things (falling, the flu, other accidents, heart disease, cancer... long list!). Covid is especially hard on that population group because of their fragility. That has nothing to do with dismissing their value or significance. You won’t find a more pro-life person than me.
And I’m wildly curious where you get any sort of data that would support the notion that an 80 year old male “on average” lives for 7 more years. Life expectancy for all males is 70.8.