My hypothesis is it isn't just elderly. It is people with lung damage already. In the places it had been severe, that happens from exposure to daily air.

My perspective is someone in Seattle that had the worst asthma attack of my adult life a month ago. Literally couldn't breath well enough to talk for about a week with fever several nights. I've now seen my family get all symptoms but the breathing difficulty, fevers included. We can't get tested, as they are still mostly stonewalling. And I would likely be negative, even if I had it, at this point.

So, if I had it, and my family did too, why did I get severely hit, but they did not? Best I can fathom is baseline lung health.

Would love a better hypothesis. Or more tests I can look at.