I would agree with you, if only I would have not heard this exact "actually it's not so bad, mortality is super low unless you are old or sick already" in the real life way too many times.

Anecdotal evidence is horrible. I’ve heard people in their 60’s say the same thing.

> Antidotal evidence is horrible.

I agree, currently there's a horrible lack of evidence that antidote exists.

Not all young people! But I have personally witnessed many young people speaking openly this way.

When I saw the statistics for my age cohort, my first reaction was to feel cavalier. It was a few minutes before I thought about the harm I could accidentally do to people in their 70s

I missed that part of the article body text, can you quote it?

I did not claim it's in the article, I'm only replying to the parent comment.

Sorry, I thought that was the beginning of this whole discussion about ageist comments and blaming young people.

We're so many levels down into discussing claims that nobody is explicitly making in the article or this comment thread that it's hard to keep track of.

I've witnessed online discussions about how this is a "boomer cull" and had to point out that we all have family or friends that are not likely to survive it.