10-03-2021, 12:33 AM
Wise words LP and condolences to your friend.
Unfortunately, your friend’s brother did have 1 factor that put him in a susceptible category: his age. We don’t think of our immune systems deteriorating with age as we we can’t measure it or assess it ourselves, unlike our hair, skin and sporting performance. But a fully-vaccinated 80 year old only has the resistance to Covid of an unvaccinated 50 year old (and nowhere near the resistance of a fully vaccinated 50 year old). I don’t know what the comparison would be for a fully vaccinated 65 year old, but the vaccine will only partially reverse the ravages of time.
Unfortunately, your friend’s brother did have 1 factor that put him in a susceptible category: his age. We don’t think of our immune systems deteriorating with age as we we can’t measure it or assess it ourselves, unlike our hair, skin and sporting performance. But a fully-vaccinated 80 year old only has the resistance to Covid of an unvaccinated 50 year old (and nowhere near the resistance of a fully vaccinated 50 year old). I don’t know what the comparison would be for a fully vaccinated 65 year old, but the vaccine will only partially reverse the ravages of time.