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Originally Posted by hotlap
The odds you post are if you are a documented case. The total population of people ages 50-59 is ~600,000. Your chances of dying from COVID are 476/600,000 = 0.08%. Weight and physical condition strongly affect your chances so even that estimate is high.
I'm in the 50-59 range also. I am vaccinated and encourage others to be. If I were below 40, or planned to have children, I might view it differently.
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That’s a fair and good point although not all of that 600,000 has gotten sick yet and some percentage of them will (especially if not vaccinated). Those could end up in the hospital or dead so the “chance” is somewhere in between the two numbers presented.
Like you, I chose to be vaccinated but don’t feel it should be mandated.