Japan Has the World’s Oldest Population, Yet Covid Deaths Are Low and Going Lower
Pedestrians cross an intersection in the Shibuya district of Tokyo.
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If there’s one thing we know about the virus, it’s that the elderly are more susceptible to severe disease and death. But in the nation with the world’s oldest population, Covid fatalities have plummeted.