You found an age distribution for the infected population on the Diamond Princess, but you’re using it as if it’s the age distribution for everyone on the ship. Older people are more likely to get infected, so the infected population in the US will lean older as well—closer to the distribution on the ship. To do a good age adjustment we need to know the ages of the people on the ship who were not infected.
Older people are more likely to get infected, so the infected population in the US will lean older as well—closer to the distribution on the ship.
Interesting! Do you think this is established? I haven’t looked into this, but my guess would have been that the risk is similar because young people are less scared of the virus. But yeah, good point about further adjustments being needed to get the best estimate.
Hmm, maybe you’re right. The South Korean distribution of cases by age here suggests that it’s actually most common by far among people in their twenties, and the larger number of confirmed cases among older people is a statistical artifact resulting from test criteria. The data do look a bit suspicious though.
You found an age distribution for the infected population on the Diamond Princess, but you’re using it as if it’s the age distribution for everyone on the ship. Older people are more likely to get infected, so the infected population in the US will lean older as well—closer to the distribution on the ship. To do a good age adjustment we need to know the ages of the people on the ship who were not infected.
Interesting! Do you think this is established? I haven’t looked into this, but my guess would have been that the risk is similar because young people are less scared of the virus. But yeah, good point about further adjustments being needed to get the best estimate.
Hmm, maybe you’re right. The South Korean distribution of cases by age here suggests that it’s actually most common by far among people in their twenties, and the larger number of confirmed cases among older people is a statistical artifact resulting from test criteria. The data do look a bit suspicious though.