I suspect we will move to a targeted approach next week for most areas.
Under 50, healthy , business as usual.
50 to 70 work from home.
70+ stay in lockdown. Until the vaccine. There will be times designated you can shop etc.
By then we will have the treatments proven out. Vaccine on the way.
Still maintain social distancing, hand washing etc for all.
look at the data.
Realize the percentages are drawn from SICK People that have COVID 19. We do not know how many others have it and are asymptomatic.
Last updated: February 29, 4:40 GMT
There are two sources that provide age, sex, and comorbidity statistics:
The Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission published on Feb. 28 by WHO, [2] which is based on 55,924 laboratory confirmed cases. The report notes that "The Joint Mission acknowledges the known challenges and biases of reporting crude CFR early in an epidemic" (see also our discussion on: How to calculate the mortality rate during an outbreak)
A paper by the Chinese CCDC released on Feb. 17, which is based on 72,314 confirmed, suspected, and asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 in China as of Feb. 11, and was published in the Chinese Journal of Epidemiology [1]
Age of Coronavirus Deaths
COVID-19 Fatality Rate by AGE:
*Death Rate = (number of deaths / number of cases) = probability of dying if infected by the virus (%). This probability differs depending on the age group. The percentages shown below do not have to add up to 100%, as they do NOT represent share of deaths by age group. Rather, it represents, for a person in a given age group, the risk of dying if infected with COVID-19.
AGE
DEATH RATE
confirmed cases
DEATH RATE
all cases 21.9%
80+ years old
14.8%
70-79 years old
8.0%
60-69 years old
3.6%
50-59 years old
1.3%
40-49 years old
0.4%
30-39 years old
0.2%
20-29 years old
0.2%
10-19 years old
0.2%
0-9 years old
SEX
DEATH RATE
confirmed cases
DEATH RATE
all cases
Male
4.7%
2.8%
Female
2.8%
1.7%
But, if you are a make , blood type A maybe you need to be more cautious, particularly over 60.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/