Just another case of misleading numbers since the age 18-34 group, the group with the smallest percent increase actually has the largest number of cases by far, while the group with the largest percent increase, the 65-79 age group, has one of the smallest number of infections of all the age groups. So in actually numbers more than five times as many 18-39 year old have recently contracted the virus as 65-79 year olds.
So while it definitely is spreading to the older population as well, it’s not nearly as dramatic as the percentage numbers would make it look. Kind of like saying Lakewood had an 800% increase this week because they went from 1 case to 8.
Context is everything. She's not trying to lie or spin numbers, which is why she gave you every number that led you to your conclusion. Her point was that the narrative out of FL, that it's
only the young people getting this virus now, and that, "because it's just young people, there's nothing to worry about," is a false narrative. The 65-79 demographic more than doubled. There are over 16k new infections this week of the high risk 50+ population.
