Perhaps Covid19 will help reduce some of the Social Security actuarial
   issues unaddressed by Congress failing to raise retirement age.

   On Wed, Sep 16, 2020, 12:47 PM Peter Fairbrother <[1]peter@tsto.co.uk>
   wrote:

     On 28/02/2020 22:09, Peter Fairbrother wrote:
     > Best data I have seen for COVID-19 mortality is from 50 in 10,000
     or
     > 0.5% for the young-and-fit to 1,500 in 10,000 or 15% for those
     over 75
     > and those with pre-existing heart disease. Diabetes and COPD are
     also
     > bad co-morbidities to have, at about 10% mortality.
     >
     > COVID-19 seems to kill mostly the elderly, but not nearly as
     exclusively
     > as 'flu. The young-and-fit are also very much at risk.
     >
     > This would give an overall mortality rate of about 150-200 per
     10,000 or
     > 1.5%-2%. With an estimated 65% of the US population catching
     COVID-19
     > that would be 4 million US deaths: much worse than AIDS, and
     potentially
     > the worst pandemic since the Plague.
     Peter Fairbrother

References

   1. mailto:peter@tsto.co.uk