patrick.net

FT says 660,660 dead as of Sep 15. Assuming US population at 330M we'll get the nice round "1 in 500" number.

Rather meaningless absent a standard of dying from COVID versus dying with COVID.

BayArea says

"People older than 85 make up only 2 percent of the population, but a quarter of the total death toll."

I suspect this is true irregardless of Covid.

Nursing home patients alone are half of the supposed virus deaths.

And they have a median survival rate of 3 months from the time they enter the home to begin with.

A month old but still relevant

95% of deaths were of people over age 50. 79% were over 65.

2% were less than 40.

Most had comorbidities.

Onvacation says

2% were less than 40.

Most had comorbidities.

And there's maybe a 5% chance of even catching it. You will at some point regardless. If you're under 40 and in slightly below average or better fitness/health, you have a 0% chance of death. It's the flu/cold. If even that. Elderly folks it's obviously different. Some youngish people will have a bad bout of it, but 99.999% recover. I've seen ZERO anecdotal evidence that kids are impacted whatsoever.