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What really matters is not median age, but how many people are over 65.


Why did this get downvoted? If you're just looking at death rate, it's absolutely true. Over 3/4 of all COVID deaths in the US were aged 65+. [1]

Lots of other people got COVID, and some of them became seriously ill or died (mostly over 50). But the supermajority of Americans who died were over 65.

1: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-...


There are many covid believers on HN. It is hard to argue with someone who makes decision based on faith not facts.


heres some facts for you: life expectancy dropped worldwide starting in 2020. to what do you attribute that if not covid?

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy


It is the most probably because of covid, what else could it be?




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