Age Differentiation is Key to Re-opening the Economy
We all understand that COVID-19 is deadlier for the very old. But there are significantly different risks across all age groups which escalate precipitously with age. This varies from a nearly non-existent risk for people under 20 years old to about a 10% risk of death for those 85+. This age-based difference is so significant, that it should be a key component of differentiating policies for how we open up the economy with older, retirement-age, people asked to isolate for much longer than the majority of working-age Americans. It’s time for this to become a serious part of the discussion.
