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@business The average life expectancy in Australia is six years more than China- so we are going to get more of our older folks infected.
And this applies to most of the developed nations.
@business While most of the world is trying to contain the virus, most of us are missing out that it is the elderly who are doing very poorly if infected and are unintentionally consuming most of the health resources. We need to urgently segregate the <60 and > 60 for the next few months
@business The Indian state of Delhi which has a population almost near the Australian population has been able to successfully implement the odd/even car rationing to control pollution.
@business This is what we need-
1. Odd/even days for <60 and > 60-year-old in the shopping malls.
2. Separate bus/train compartments for > and < 60
@business In Australia we will bring down the anticipated 7072 mortality in the 40 to 59-year-olds, but we need to bring down the anticipated mortality of 34272 in the 60+ age group. This will massively reduce the burden on health resources and save us socially and economically
@business Conclusion: mortality for 60+ age group is 5 times more than the 40 to 59 years old age group ( 34272 vs 7072) though the positivity in the 60+ group is one/third ( 33.46%) of the 40 to 59 years old age group (139200 vs 416000)
@business If 1000000 Australians get infected and we apply China statistics on them
40 -59 years group infected = 416000
Mortality = 7072
60 to 69 years group infected = 192000
Mortality = 6912
> 70 years old infected =120000
> 70 years old mortality = 27360
Mortality 60+ age =34272
@business https://t.co/uBKg8J65t1
BREAKDOWN of 44672 patients positive in China on 11/2/20 by age group
40 to 49 years old- 19.2%
50 to 59 years old- 22.4%
60 to 69 years old- 19.2%
70 to 79 years old- 8.8%
>80 years old- 3.2
@business COVID data from China
https://t.co/8R1WldfXgy
Mortality rates in those positive
40-49 years old - 0.4%
50-59 years old - 1.3%
60-69 years old - 3.6%
70 to 79 years old - 8%
80+ years old -14.8%
@business The mortality rates for > 80 are significantly higher as per the Chinese data. While 40-50 years old made up 20% of the total infected and >80 made 3%, mortality rates were 0.4% and 15% respectively. No other country apart from China has released death rates age-wise so far
As per A/ProfGreg Fox from the RPA Hospital, Sydney, the following are the estimates regarding the severity of illness projected for the Sydney Local Health District population -
ICU beds - 10125 for >60 years of age and 1459 for <60 years
Deaths - 4892 for >60 and 464 for <60
WE NEED TO DO -
1. Odd/even days for <60 and > 60 year old in the shopping malls.
2. Separate bus and train compartments for > and < 60
3. If we visit our elderly , stay 2 m away at all times.