[base698]

Even at 80 it only about doubles the chance they die. An 80 year old has a 5% chance of death, adding another 5% chance of death is striking no doubt, and would consider that very much at risk. 50 however...

50 year old is only about a 0.14% IFR: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02483-2

The IFR was close to zero for people between the ages of 15 and 44, increasing to 3.1% for 65–74-year-olds and to 11.6% for anyone older. The results of the study have been posted to the medRxiv preprint server1.

[monadic2]

"Only" doubles? Compared to what reasonable baseline?

[base698]

A standard 80 year old, which is striking as stated above.

It's bad odds for sure and if 80 you wouldn't want to contract it. Only implies it's not a death sentence, roughly as dangerous as space flight.