It sounds like he is referring to high school and school aged people and not the general population, but that's just how I read the transcript.

It's still a great point to tell people though. No one thinks about the entire picture. The death rate for people under 45 with no pre-existing condition is effectively 0%. We need to go back to normal life or we will see a new epidemic on our hands with suicide and drugs.

It reminds me of Uncle Leo stealing books in Seinfeld, “I’m an old man! I thought I paid for these!”

I totally forgot it was on my phone. This reminded me to delete it.