WASHINGTON (CNN/KGUN) — Though people who are 65 years and older only make up about 16% of the U.S. population, they account for nearly 90% of COVID-related deaths.
That's according to a Washington Post analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Data reveals this age group made up about 80% of COVID-related deaths when the pandemic first began, before falling to around 60% in the middle of 2021.
This soon climbed up to the nearly 9 in 10 deaths the CDC data now demonstrates.
The Biden administration announced last week plans for a new campaign.
Its goal is to get more seniors and other groups disproportionately affected by the pandemic boosted.
According to the Washington Post, COVID-19 is no longer mainly a pandemic of the unvaccinated.
Analyzers looked at additional CDC data and found "58% of coronavirus deaths in August were people who were vaccinated or boosted."
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