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@vivify said
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#SexAndAge

285,687 people under age 40 have died from COVID, out of over 600,000.

So roughly 30% of COVID deaths are from people under 40.
That's actually 47.6%.

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@suzianne said
That's actually 47.6%.
That would be actually a lie.

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@eladar said
The virus is killing off those who are elderly and have weak immune systems.

What do you believe is the probability of death should a 35 year old get covid?


Total US covid deaths for people 35 to 44: 7 741

If each age group had the same number of deaths some grand total of 774people who were 35 were killed by COVID. Looks like Covid is not going to kill off many unvaccinated 35 year olds.

Do you care about facts?
Do you?

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@Suzianne

You quoted the numbers, fewer than a thousand.

The ratios of deaths would not be much different than what is found here

https://datavisualizations.heritage.org/public-health/covid-19-deaths-by-age/

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@eladar said
That would be actually a lie.
Do the math.

It's actually only arithmetic, so you should be able to handle it. That is, if you weren't asleep in that class, like you were in science and history.

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@eladar said
@Suzianne

You quoted the numbers, fewer than a thousand.

The ratios of deaths would not be much different than what is found here

https://datavisualizations.heritage.org/public-health/covid-19-deaths-by-age/
I'd rather not rely on the Heritage Foundation's agenda-driven numbers, if you don't mind.

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@suzianne said
Do the math.

It's actually only arithmetic, so you should be able to handle it. That is, if you weren't asleep in that class, like you were in science and history.
I said the numbers are lies.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/



This accounts for 601 124 covid deaths, so fairly recent. Total deaths younger than 40 is 9881.

This represents 1.6 percent of total deaths.

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@suzianne said
That's actually 47.6%.
I was rounding 200,000 and 600,000. That was just laziness on my part. And even then, the actual number is 33 percent; I was underestimating since I wasn't sure what exactly that 600,000 figure was.

285,687 out 628,152 = 45 percent.

Thanks for the correction. I should try to be more accurate in posts.

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@eladar said
I said the numbers are lies.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/



This accounts for 601 124 covid deaths, so fairly recent. Total deaths younger than 40 is 9881.

This represents 1.6 percent of total deaths.
My figure came from the CDC, and is the most updated figure:

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#SexAndAge

U.S. COVID deaths:

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

628,152 COVID deaths. 45 percent of them are from people under 40 years old, using figures from the CDC.

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@vivify said
I was rounding 200,000 and 600,000. That was just laziness on my part. And even then, the actual number is 33 percent; I was underestimating since I wasn't sure what exactly that 600,000 figure was.

285,687 out 628,152 = 45 percent.

Thanks for the correction. I should try to be more accurate in posts.
Your numbers are wrong.

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@eladar said
Your numbers are wrong.
My numbers come from the CDC. Check the link.

EDIT: no, you're right. I was looking at "deaths from all causes". I looked at the wrong column.

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@vivify said
My numbers come from the CDC. Check the link.
Did checked the link, your numbers are wrong

Total covid deaths 340, 2493 and 7145. Those are the 3 age groups younger than 40.

Grand total 9978

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@eladar said
Did checked the link, your numbers are wrong

Total covid deaths 340, 2493 and 7145. Those are the 3 age groups younger than 40.

Grand total 9978
Yeah, you missed my edit. I didn't edit my post quickly enough.

You're right. I was looking at the wrong column. I looked at "deaths from all causes".

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@vivify

I think that we can both agree that under 40 category makes up a very small part of covid deaths.

I would argue so small that covid is not a health threat to this age group.

COVID represents just 3.5 percent of total deaths for people under 40. It is not a significant cause of death within a category that as a whole has very few deaths.