SARS-CoV-2 mortality by age group

[George K]

According to the CDC:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html

ages 0 tot 19: 0.003% (i.e., 1 in 33,333)
ages 20-49: 0.02% (1 in 5,000)
ages 50-69: 0.5% (1 in 200)
70 and over: 5.4% (alas, 1 out of 19)

[Copper]

So, in the race to beat covid.

I don't have to beat out all 200 guys in my group.

I only have to beat the slowest.

[Klaus]

0.00003 -> 0.0002 -> 0.005 -> 0.054

It's amazing that the number of zeros shrinks by one (factor of ~10) each time you go to an older age group.

[taiwan_girl]

@Klaus Interesting but not really a surprise I dont think.

[Loki]

Yeah. There’s that diamond princess example again. We had a darn good idea right from the start. Think about how the media has projected the fatality rate.

[George K]

Though the fatality rate is remarkably low for the younger groups, I have to wonder what the results are for long-term effects. I'm sure it's more severe for older people like me, but the younger are not, dare I say, immune from those complications.

We probably won't know for months, if not longer.

[Loki]

@George-K said in SARS-CoV-2 mortality by age group:

Though the fatality rate is remarkably low for the younger groups, I have to wonder what the results are for long-term effects. I'm sure it's more severe for older people like me, but the younger are not, dare I say, immune from those complications.

We probably won't know for months, if not longer.

Well how about the near term effects? There are over 100,000 kids who have tested positive. Pretty good sample size for someone to study.