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"Not to put too fine a point on it, from an entirely disinterested economic perspective, the COVID-19 might even prove mildly beneficial in the long term by disproportionately culling elderly dependents."

Jeremy Warner, in a Guardian article, March 3rd.

To date, according to the CDC, looking at data from July 1st (what appears to be the latest complete data), there have been 90,360 deaths of Americans aged 65 and up. The total deaths listed is 112,226. Thus, a bulk of the dead are old people–about 75%. Things that make you say, "Hmmm..."

The CDC: https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Prov....isional-COVID-19-Dea

Provisional COVID-19 Death Counts by Sex, Age, and State | Data | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Deaths involving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), pneumonia, and influenza reported to NCHS by sex and age group and state.

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