The US government updated the survival rates on covid-19 last week

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[–]One_Jack_Move 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Out of curiosity about how much this has changed since March (and how it compares to the flu), I made this graph.

I made it quickly in paint by taking a graph made by Business Insider and adding to it the new CDC data.
Unfortunately, the age ranges never line up exactly, but it's still informative.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

So it's losing lethality across all age ranges. This likely indicates that those who were about to die, finally kicked it because of COVID but less and less of those remain, so fewer deaths even at advanced ages.

Does that appear correct?

[–]One_Jack_Move 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'd say that is one probable aspect. Could also be that the CDC was previously under-tracking infected people (due to non-symptomatic patients, or...?).