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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition by dijit on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:39PM (#24214302)
> while the median age for covid victims is 75+.

You mean 48.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6924e2-H.pdf

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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition by karagenit on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:44PM (#24214386)
I think the link you cited states that 48 is the median age of infections, whereas the person you're replying to is talking about deaths. I don't have national data, but in my state (Indiana) 51.4% of deaths are 80+ years old according to coronavirus.in.gov
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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition by motbob on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:42PM (#24214357)
No, that's the median cases age.
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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition by bazzert on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:45PM (#24214396)
what ?

" After exclusions, data for 1,320,488 (94%) cases were analyzed.Median age was 48 years"

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