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Originally Posted by warrrreagl
Unfortunately, your info about susceptibility is exactly backwards. They are warning that the very old and very young stand a better chance than the "young and strapping." It looks like high school, college, and early 20's will be the hardest hit demographic.
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I was speaking more about survivability rather than susceptibility. 70% of the 300 or so deaths from H1N1 (so far) have been among people who were already at risk of death even from regular flu (this includes the very old, the very young and immune compromised).
Older people (60+), for once, have the advantage--ie, some sort of pre-existing immunity.