Nate Silver

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

If you look at the research, virtually all of people at highest risk of dying from COVID are aged 70+. There are almost no preexisting conditions that matter remotely as much as age. https://t.co/xlbGJb25OF https://t.co/c9KjUpc80r — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 18, 2020

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

At least with essential workers—if you can define the scope narrowly—there's an argument to be had about reaching herd immunity sooner. What will literally kill people is treating a broad set of preexisting conditions as being as important as age. — PolitiTweet.org

In New York City—which has good data on death rates by age—people age 75+ represent 6% of the population but *49% o… https://t.co/Rx3pRTLtGL

Posted Dec. 18, 2020

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But ACIP defines *more than 100m people* as having "high-risk medical conditions" that put them in the same priority tier as people age 65+ for vaccination. This is NOT following the science. States that want to save lives must give age higher priority. https://t.co/mdccG7VHXl https://t.co/iFit37Kd74 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 18, 2020