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by nodata 4541 days ago
No it's suggesting that this is NEWs. Young people don't tend to die from flu.
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It depends on the virus strain, in some strains it's the young and strong who die easy due to having a stronger immune system reaction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine_storm
Bottomline, the only entity that can be accused of ageism here is the nature. I regret to inform everyone, but yes, biology discriminates.