How does the pandemic end?

[FigNorton]

@RitterSport

This isn’t my understanding. Can you provide a cite for this claim?

Uhh, what is your understanding? It was quoted recently in a topic around here that under 50 it’s an IFR of close to zero. I’ll see if I can find it.

Here:

Current estimates of COVID-19 Mortality Rates?

Here’s the CDC’s current best estimate of the infection fatality rate (deaths/total infections): COVID-19 Pandemic Planning Scenarios | CDC (see Table 1 about halfway down the page, “Scenario 5” column) 0-19 years: 0.0003% 20-49 years: 0.02% 50-69 years: 0.5% 70+ years: 5.4% Here is a Swiss study with similar numbers: https://osf.io/wdbpe/ 5-9 years: 0.0016% 10-19 years: 0.00032% 20-49 years: 0.0092% 50-64 years: 0.14% 65+ years: 5.6% All: 0.64% A meta-analysis of IFR studies from…