Perhaps Covid19 will help reduce some of the Social Security actuarial issues unaddressed by Congress failing to raise retirement age.
On Wed, Sep 16, 2020, 12:47 PM Peter Fairbrother <[email protected]> wrote: > On 28/02/2020 22:09, Peter Fairbrother wrote: > > > Best data I have seen for COVID-19 mortality is from 50 in 10,000 or > > 0.5% for the young-and-fit to 1,500 in 10,000 or 15% for those over 75 > > and those with pre-existing heart disease. Diabetes and COPD are also > > bad co-morbidities to have, at about 10% mortality. > > > > COVID-19 seems to kill mostly the elderly, but not nearly as exclusively > > as 'flu. The young-and-fit are also very much at risk. > > > > This would give an overall mortality rate of about 150-200 per 10,000 or > > 1.5%-2%. With an estimated 65% of the US population catching COVID-19 > > that would be 4 million US deaths: much worse than AIDS, and potentially > > the worst pandemic since the Plague. > > > > Peter Fairbrother >
