For context, death rates due to COVID-19 by age: 20 years: 1 in 20,000 40 years: 1 in 1,400 60 years: 1 in 135 70 years: 1 in 40 80+ years: 1 in 7https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1309239741515067392 …
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Where is the stat for 50 years old?
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Replying to @MackayIM @KOOLFOOLTATTOO
The equation that we derived in our metaregression is e^(-7.56+0.121*age), so plugging in 50 years is 0.22%
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Yes, the equation does get a bit dicey in 90+ ages, I suspect in the oldest people the risk plateaus but since there haven't been specific studies on them hard to say for sure
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