This is a really carefully done, interesting meta-analysis of IFR by age. Unfortunately not many samples (the same snag we've run into), but a great paper nonetheless

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.23.20160895v1
The paper basically took a similar approach to our meta-analysis (they cited us as well @LeaMerone) and used the same statistical software with the few samples this gives to meta-regress estimates of age-stratified IFR
They found that IFR increased exponentially by age ~regardless of the age group~

So, for example, a 40yo might be at a 0.05% risk, a 50yo a 0.14% risk, and a 60yo at a 0.5% risk
As they point out, this means the disease is remarkably deadly even for middle-aged people. A risk of 5 in 1,000 of death for an otherwise-healthy 60 year old is pretty massive!
Might be of interest @CT_Bergstrom
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