What explains Covid-19’s lethality for the elderly? Scientists look to ‘twilight’ of the immune system
Article Featured on Stat News | By Sharon Begley Researchers on Monday announced the most comprehensive estimates to date of elderly people’s elevated risk of serious illness and death from the new coronavirus: Covid-19 kills an estimated 13.4% of patients 80 and older, compared to 1.25% of those in their 50s and 0.3% of those in their 40s.
