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Re:I have the coronavirus – So far, it isn't that bad by onetimemanytime on Saturday February 29, 2020 @01:35AM (#22449299)
as you go up the age--I know it sounds cruel--but a lot of them would be dying anyway.

So 15% of 80+ year people dying of any cause is probably not far off normal dying rates (without the virus). Anyone know the age group stats of % of people dying of any "regular" causes?

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Re:I have the coronavirus – So far, it isn't that bad by Zacru on Saturday February 29, 2020 @02:21AM (#22449438)
From https://www.statista.com/statistics/241572/death-rate-by-age...

Looks like 6% of 80-84 and 14% of 85+. Someone better at statistics than me could probably say what the relative and absolute risk increase is for contracting COVID-19 at those ages is.

Search for "all cause mortality by age" if you want to do some more research.

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