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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
It's nothing like what you actually said. Maybe the over 80s. You said:
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It means the same though.
Consider the two statements (not sure if this figure is true or not but let's just assume it is):
"95% of over 65s are retired and no longer work"
"5% of over 65s have a job"
It's telling the same thing but from the opposite perspectives.
Saying most over 65s don't work is saying the same thing as saying very few do.
And yes, some of them will be retiring at 67/8 and some may even keep on with the odd bit of part time work or voluntary work but it's not going to be far off the actual situation to suggest they do - or that they don't have anything other than leisure activities such as their sport/relaxation/music groups or whatever they do curtailed by a lockdown, when contrasted by say for example bar staff most of whom are probably no older than 30 or so, who may have hours cut, furlough, or even redundancy. Yes there will be exceptions but it's not really unconscious bias to suggest it...