Nature

                                                         Nature

Six months into this pandemic, Americans still dramatically misunderstand the risk of dying from COVID-19:
On average, Americans believe that people aged 55 and older account for just over half of total COVID-19 deaths; the actual figure is 92%.
Americans believe that people aged 44 and younger account for about 30% of total deaths; the actual figure is 2.7%.
Americans overestimate the risk of death from COVID-19 for people aged 24 and younger by a factor of 50, and they think the risk for people aged 65 and older is half of what it actually is (40% vs 80%).

Strangely the experts are confused by the disparity. They assume that people will look at the stats objectively and come to the obvious conclusion that the virus discriminates; it strikes obliquely, favoring and impacting one victim over another.

But this, in the egalitarian world is impossible. The nature of life is evenhanded. Only white men are bigots.