You might not want to paint with that wide age-scary brush-it doesn’t appear to work that way in a rural area like this one-about half the population-both locals and snowbirds-is over 65-including me-most of us had a mild case of the Wuhan virus at least a year ago-and I don’t know anyone who has been ill since-most of us are not into getting the non-vaxx, either. There are only a couple of golf courses out here-so many of us are small business owners who do physical work like construction, ranch work, mechanic, etc-we don’t isolate and hide, most of us never wore a mask unless a customer insisted on it-I still carry a pack of them in my truck just in case of a paranoid customer...
The only person I know with a serious co-morbidity is someone who has had chemo-but she has been cancer free for over 2 years and didn’t get Wuhan, either-she is fine...
I’m thinking that the reason we remain healthy is lifestyle-someone overweight/obese is not common, and a drug free/no processed food natural lifestyle is something a lot of us follow-many of us work out-people still fat-shame family members who are obese-it is the worst co-morbidity to have with Wuhan and lots of other viral ailments-one size does not fit all-but that just isn’t healthy...
Nod . . . I listed obesity on the list without filling in above it. It was only #6. Dementia and hypertension were the big two, likely because of how common they are. But obesity was not the overwhelming comorbidity. It didn’t even make the top 5.
I’ve sort of always wanted to sign onto the clean air and clean living and physical activity stuff, but in 1890 people did all that and still died early.
If you’re rural, the virus just didn’t make the trip there yet. Gas prices likely are going to keep rural areas somewhat insulated. There will be less travel/transmission when the next variant arrives in the world and explodes numbers. Should slow it down for your area.