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The percentages of total U.S. COVID-19 deaths by age group continue to show that our preventative measures should be applied only to the elderly and the medically ill. These percentages are based on the numbers of deaths documented with death certificates and received by the CDC as of yesterday, April 10. I've calculated to the third decimal digit to be extra precise.
AGE GROUP---PERCENTAGE OF COVID-19 DEATHS
00-14 --- 0.041% (or 24.4 times lower than 1%)
15-24 --- 0.121% (or 8.1 times lower than 1%)
25-34 --- 0.923% (.077 below 1%)
35-44 --- 2.590%
45-54 --- 5.840%
55-64 --- 12.521%
65-74 --- 21.770%
75-84 --- 27.530%
85+ ----- 28.672%
These numbers mean that 77.97% of U.S. COVID-19 deaths have occurred among people aged 65 and above. What else do these numbers mean?
Far, far below 1% of our COVID-19 deaths have occurred among children aged 14 and below. As noted above, 0.041% is 24.4 times lower than 1%. 1% is 1 out of 100. So 0.041% is 24 times lower than 1 out of 100. That is a truly tiny, tiny number. It is practically zero.
Far below 1% of our COVID-19 deaths have occurred among people aged 15-24. As noted above, 0.121% is 8.1 times lower than 1%.
If we combine the first two age groups, we find that 0.162% of our COVID-19 deaths have occurred among people aged 24 and below. 0.162% is 6.2 times lower than 1%.
If we combine the numbers for the first three age groups, we find that only 1.085%, or barely over 1%, of our COVID-19 deaths have occurred among people aged 34 and below.
If we combine the first four age groups, we find that only 3.675% of our COVID-19 deaths have occurred among people aged 44 and below.
If we combine the first five age groups, we find that only 9.515% of our COVID-19 deaths have occurred among people aged 54 and below, and this age range constitutes 69% of the U.S. population. (Recently the U.S. population number was updated to 328.2 million, up from the previous figure of 327.3 million. There are right around 227 million people aged 54 and below.)
What about people aged 55-64? They account for only 12.521% of our COVID-19 deaths, which is 6 times lower than the percentage for people aged 65 and above. To put it another way, these numbers indicate that COVID-19 is 6 times more lethal for people aged 65 and above than it is for peopled aged 55-64.
Why is it that most of our federal and state officials continue to insist on a one-size-fits-all approach instead of adopting a more targeted, moderate approach, such as the ones being taken by Taiwan, Sweden, and South Korea. Those three nations have handled COVID-19 effectively without shutting down half of their economies. Many experts are making the point that blanket measures make no sense given the fact that the virus poses a vastly smaller risk to people aged 64 and below than it does to people aged 65 and above.
For added perspective on our COVID-19 numbers, perhaps it would help to note that in the U.S., per CDC data, as of yesterday afternoon, 34,082 people have died from pneumonia, while 18,586 people have died from COVID-19 as of this morning. We should also keep in mind that every year, 250,000 Americans die from medical errors, and 169,000 die from accidental deaths, not to mention that about 590,000 die from cancer and about 640,000 die from heart disease.
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AGE GROUP---PERCENTAGE OF COVID-19 DEATHS
00-14 --- 0.041% (or 24.4 times lower than 1%)
15-24 --- 0.121% (or 8.1 times lower than 1%)
25-34 --- 0.923% (.077 below 1%)
35-44 --- 2.590%
45-54 --- 5.840%
55-64 --- 12.521%
65-74 --- 21.770%
75-84 --- 27.530%
85+ ----- 28.672%
These numbers mean that 77.97% of U.S. COVID-19 deaths have occurred among people aged 65 and above. What else do these numbers mean?
Far, far below 1% of our COVID-19 deaths have occurred among children aged 14 and below. As noted above, 0.041% is 24.4 times lower than 1%. 1% is 1 out of 100. So 0.041% is 24 times lower than 1 out of 100. That is a truly tiny, tiny number. It is practically zero.
Far below 1% of our COVID-19 deaths have occurred among people aged 15-24. As noted above, 0.121% is 8.1 times lower than 1%.
If we combine the first two age groups, we find that 0.162% of our COVID-19 deaths have occurred among people aged 24 and below. 0.162% is 6.2 times lower than 1%.
If we combine the numbers for the first three age groups, we find that only 1.085%, or barely over 1%, of our COVID-19 deaths have occurred among people aged 34 and below.
If we combine the first four age groups, we find that only 3.675% of our COVID-19 deaths have occurred among people aged 44 and below.
If we combine the first five age groups, we find that only 9.515% of our COVID-19 deaths have occurred among people aged 54 and below, and this age range constitutes 69% of the U.S. population. (Recently the U.S. population number was updated to 328.2 million, up from the previous figure of 327.3 million. There are right around 227 million people aged 54 and below.)
What about people aged 55-64? They account for only 12.521% of our COVID-19 deaths, which is 6 times lower than the percentage for people aged 65 and above. To put it another way, these numbers indicate that COVID-19 is 6 times more lethal for people aged 65 and above than it is for peopled aged 55-64.
Why is it that most of our federal and state officials continue to insist on a one-size-fits-all approach instead of adopting a more targeted, moderate approach, such as the ones being taken by Taiwan, Sweden, and South Korea. Those three nations have handled COVID-19 effectively without shutting down half of their economies. Many experts are making the point that blanket measures make no sense given the fact that the virus poses a vastly smaller risk to people aged 64 and below than it does to people aged 65 and above.
For added perspective on our COVID-19 numbers, perhaps it would help to note that in the U.S., per CDC data, as of yesterday afternoon, 34,082 people have died from pneumonia, while 18,586 people have died from COVID-19 as of this morning. We should also keep in mind that every year, 250,000 Americans die from medical errors, and 169,000 die from accidental deaths, not to mention that about 590,000 die from cancer and about 640,000 die from heart disease.
Live and Let Die: COVID-19 Coronavirus in America - LewRockwell
The American public hears seemingly unrelated reports about COVID-19 coronavirus. See if you can find a common thread in the following news reports: African Americans have contracted and died of coronavirus at an alarming rate. – ProPublica Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Communities Hit Hard By...
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Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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