The high mortality rate among older coronavirus patients is a major concern as the pandemic spreads in the U.S., where the population of Americans age 65 or older was around 52 million in 2018
Photo: Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images In testimony before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, said that the coronavirus is at least 10 times “more lethal” than the common flu — even if the mortality rate falls below the World Health Organization’s estimate of 3.4 percent. It’s a rate made all the more concerning by a reported estimate from Dr.
The dramatic rise in mortality rates among older populations can be attributed largely to two factors. First, the immune system becomes weaker as we age, with infections becoming more severe, and taking longer to recover from.
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