Grim new CDC stats reveal coronavirus is deadly for the elderly, mostly spares the young
The coronavirus poses a significant danger to older generations yet largely spares those in their middle age or younger, new statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show.
While this disparity was previously known, statistics released as the pandemic goes on starkly illustrate its real-life effects. CDC statistics show more than 80 percent of those dying of the virus are over 65 years old. The CDC on its website reports 68,998 total deaths in the U.S. as of May 16, with 55,651 of those deaths, or 80.6 percent, covering people over 65 years old.
The CDC numbers come as the number of global cases of the novel coronavirus surpassed 5 million early Thursday, nearly five months after the first infection was reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
President Trump unleashed a series of scathing tweets Wednesday night in response to what he called a “massive disinformation campaign” launched by the Chinese government regarding the coronavirus outbreak. The president said Beijing was “desperate to have Sleepy Joe Biden win the presidential race so they can continue to rip-off the United States, as they have done for decades, until I came along!”
U.S. equity markets slipped Thursday as investors assessed millions of additional job losses tied to efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. Initial jobless claims for the week ended May 16 totaled 2.44 million, according to the Labor Department. The new filings bring the total number of job losses to almost 39 million over the nine weeks since stay-at-home orders were issued by governors across the country.
The mounting damage to the economy only increases pressure on Congress to pass more relief packages. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has sought to hit pause on the government’s massive spending for coronavirus-related relief packages, but several of his Republican colleagues are pushing for additional stimulus measures. Click here as Fox News Digital takes a closer look.
And the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has once again updated its security procedures, informing travelers of several new efforts to increase physical distancing and decrease physical contact at airport security checkpoints.
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While this disparity was previously known, statistics released as the pandemic goes on starkly illustrate its real-life effects. CDC statistics show more than 80 percent of those dying of the virus are over 65 years old. The CDC on its website reports 68,998 total deaths in the U.S. as of May 16, with 55,651 of those deaths, or 80.6 percent, covering people over 65 years old.
The CDC numbers come as the number of global cases of the novel coronavirus surpassed 5 million early Thursday, nearly five months after the first infection was reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
President Trump unleashed a series of scathing tweets Wednesday night in response to what he called a “massive disinformation campaign” launched by the Chinese government regarding the coronavirus outbreak. The president said Beijing was “desperate to have Sleepy Joe Biden win the presidential race so they can continue to rip-off the United States, as they have done for decades, until I came along!”
U.S. equity markets slipped Thursday as investors assessed millions of additional job losses tied to efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. Initial jobless claims for the week ended May 16 totaled 2.44 million, according to the Labor Department. The new filings bring the total number of job losses to almost 39 million over the nine weeks since stay-at-home orders were issued by governors across the country.
The mounting damage to the economy only increases pressure on Congress to pass more relief packages. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has sought to hit pause on the government’s massive spending for coronavirus-related relief packages, but several of his Republican colleagues are pushing for additional stimulus measures. Click here as Fox News Digital takes a closer look.
And the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has once again updated its security procedures, informing travelers of several new efforts to increase physical distancing and decrease physical contact at airport security checkpoints.
.
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America Together: Send us your photos and we'll tell your story as the nation battles coronavirus.
And there were several other developments:
