Looking at the break down that Italy has for the disease:
There's a stark contrast between younger and older people, not just in deaths but also cases. This is a little outdated but I doubt it changed much.
Above the age of 50, makes up 75% of all cases. This suggests to me that symptoms are very mild for people under 50, and that they are not being diagnosed at all. So the true numbers are probably higher than we think. It could be from all kinds of causes, but this is what seems most likely.
My speculation seems backed up by the death rates. Which again, show that death rates grow by age.
It is interesting, and a bit relieving for me that the disease seems to have a very strong age preference.
I know a lot of diseases affect the old and the young due to immune systems not being developed, but this seems like it almost exclusively affects the elderly.
There's a stark contrast between younger and older people, not just in deaths but also cases. This is a little outdated but I doubt it changed much.
Above the age of 50, makes up 75% of all cases. This suggests to me that symptoms are very mild for people under 50, and that they are not being diagnosed at all. So the true numbers are probably higher than we think. It could be from all kinds of causes, but this is what seems most likely.
My speculation seems backed up by the death rates. Which again, show that death rates grow by age.
It is interesting, and a bit relieving for me that the disease seems to have a very strong age preference.
I know a lot of diseases affect the old and the young due to immune systems not being developed, but this seems like it almost exclusively affects the elderly.