SARS-CoV-2 mortality by age group
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wrote on 26 Sept 2020, 12:21 last edited by
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) -
wrote on 26 Sept 2020, 12:23 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 26 Sept 2020, 12:33 last edited by
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.
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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.
wrote on 26 Sept 2020, 13:12 last edited by@Klaus Interesting but not really a surprise I dont think.
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wrote on 26 Sept 2020, 21:44 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 26 Sept 2020, 23:19 last edited by
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.
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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.
wrote on 27 Sept 2020, 02:46 last edited by@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.