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Originally Posted by zilo
Based on what evidence?
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There's no empirical data readily available. The few short studies that have been done (in the USA) show about 4.5% of deaths in the under 45 age group but most of those with underlying conditions including include Diabetes, Lung Disease, Cancer, Immunodeficiency, Heart Disease, Hypertension, Asthma, Kidney Disease, and GI/Liver Disease.
Indeed, those same studies show only 25% of deaths are not related to one of those co-morbidities and none for the under 17 age group.
In Australia 4.5% of all identified cases have been under 17 with no fatalities.
What is somewhat more interesting is that those studies also show almost a 62/38 split between male and female deaths which is quite different to Australia where we have an almost even split (51/49).