Unlike many outbreaks, covid-19 appears to disproportionately favor the young
That wording seems ambiguous, from the dictionary:
favor - feel or show approval or preference for
While I can see how you could say that since children are spared, the disease "favors" them, that doesn't sound quite right. If I said "The serial killer favors young women", I think most people would assume that young women were his target.
That wording seems ambiguous, from the dictionary:
favor - feel or show approval or preference for
While I can see how you could say that since children are spared, the disease "favors" them, that doesn't sound quite right. If I said "The serial killer favors young women", I think most people would assume that young women were his target.