Over-65s who catch Covid-19 have a 5.6% risk of dying from the disease

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Over-65s who catch Covid-19 have a 5.6 per cent risk of dying from the disease

Researchers estimated what the infection fatality risk is for Geneva, Switzerland. They found those over 65 had a 5.6 per cent risk of dying if they have Covid-19. For those under 20 the risk of death from the virus was just 0.

 

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Any rate for seasonal flu?

DailyMail I translate : after 60 your cancer, diabetes, any kind of illness will be easier to be called « Covid death » on your death certificate. (No need to thank me, always here it help :))

95% weighted to the over 75s, with average life expectancy at 79. So basically marginal additional risk to anyone.

SimonPearson961 Or a 94.4% chance of NOT dying!

94.4% survive.....not bad.

WOW! That News is amazingly 'Scientific' 😂

Have a good listen to the truth that was ignored when chriswhitty spoke at at PressConference May 2020 when he told us that the greater majority of people will not get the virus - wise up folks

We believe Pres Trump..We don't like those bought by QR money..

DailyMailUK Not a big risk then, have a greater chance of getting hit by a car than dying of covid.

Everyone else is less than .02% EndTheShutdowns Scamdemic

I wish the masks made a provable difference. But how else do people prove they care?

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Over-65s who catch Covid-19 have a 5.6% risk of dying from the diseaseEpidemiologists from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health studied data from Geneva, Switzerland to calculate the likelihood of dying from COVID-19. Not bad 'A lot of the deaths in Geneva happened in long-term care facilities, according to Andrew Azman from the research team. ..this may have had an influence over estimates of age-specific death risk and so the data used in the study may not be representative of the wider population' These are the people who populate elementary schools? This is why schools are closed?
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Over-65s who catch Covid-19 have a 5.6% risk of dying from the diseaseEpidemiologists from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health studied data from Geneva, Switzerland to calculate the likelihood of dying from COVID-19. Good work on the headline.. There’s a 100% risk of you pedalling even more of your COVID scare porn tomorrow. RT : Over-65s who catch Covid-19 have a 5.6 per cent risk of dying from the disease
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Over-65s who catch Covid-19 have a 5.6% risk of dying from the diseaseEpidemiologists from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health studied data from Geneva, Switzerland to calculate the likelihood of dying from COVID-19. Higher if you reduce their oxygen intake.
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Over-65s who catch Covid-19 have a 5.6% risk of dying from the diseaseEpidemiologists from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health studied data from Geneva, Switzerland to calculate the likelihood of dying from COVID-19. Like flu and pneumonia then Yup - and it is the same with a lot of illnesses. The older you are, the higher the chance of dying. So the point of this article is what, exactly?
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