If not for everything else that kills you first, then tetanus and rabies is an affliction of the old.

But of course it's not, because we have near-100% cures for both. Just like we should have for every other affliction, which would make being old no longer synonymous with being sick and frail and dying.

- 19% were in those <20 years, including a single neonatal case

- 20% in those 65 and older.

for tetanus

Age would be irrelevant even if cured everything else

I don't see how thats affliction of old