In its most complete analysis of the outbreak yet published, the national health institute (ISS) said the average age of those who died was 78.5 years, with the youngest victim aged 31 and the oldest 103. The median age was 80.
Some 41% of all those who died were aged between 80-89, with the 70-79 age group accounting for a further 35%.
Thin the herd
Allowing natural selection to work its course, thus thinning out the population of those that can not survive on their own.
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