My golfing partner…also in his 70’s, and very healthy …a physical therapist who walked every round with me…got COVID and died…he wasn’t vaccinated.
Thank heaven that mRNA technology, which had been in development for many years came to fruition in time to fight a deadly disease in record time thus saving many millions of people all over the world.
Back in the days of no vaccines and “Herd Immunity”, average life expectancy was 45 years… now in the modern age of Medical Science it’s on the order of 80 years. Take your pick.