people who are 30 or younger. two of those cases involvingtwo of those cases involving kids under the age of 10kids under the age of 10. this morning, the coronavirus this morning, the coronavirus proving to be unpredictable as proving to be unpredictable as the nation’s top health experts the nation’s top health experts try to pin down who is most at try to pin down who is most at risk. risk.now as we’re seeing weeks move into months with this crisis we know a lot of our crisis we know a lot of our initial thoughts are not initial thoughts are not accurate. accurate. we are seeing younger folks who we are seeing younger folks who can get hospitalized and also can get hospitalized and also very sick. very sick.
information out of china information out of china initially pointed to older initially pointed to older people being hit the hardest. people being hit the hardest. but the latest cdc data paints a but the latest cdc data paints a different picture. different picture. patients between the ages of 20 patients between the ages of 20 and 54 make up nearly 40% of and 54 make up nearly 40% of covid-19 hospitalizations in the covid-19 hospitalizations in the u.s. with 12% of intensive care u.s. with 12% of intensive care patients between the ages of 20 patients between the ages of 20 and 44. and 44. what’s not clear is how many of what’s not clear is how many of the young patients had the young patients had underlying conditions, making underlying conditions, making them more vulnerable. them more vulnerable. the death rate among the younger the death rate among the younger group remains far lowers till group remains far lower still compared to those 65 and older. compared to those 65 and older. no matter how young you are, no matter how young you are, if you have an underlying
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if you have an underlying serious medical condition, serious medical condition, you’re going to potentially get you’re going to potentially get into trouble. into trouble. if they don’t have underlying if they don’t have underlying conditions, that will be conditions, that will be something we have to really something we have to really examine as to why we’re seeing examine as to why we’re seeing it here but we didn’t see it in it here but we didn’t see it in china. china. he’s fighting for his life. zachary’s husband david was hospitalized after he became hospitalized after he became sick. sick. a week later, the 44-year-old a week later, the 44-year-old who has asthma, is now on a who has asthma, is now on a ventilator. ventilator. just taking it day by day, just taking it day by day, hour by hour. hour by hour. college students who packed college students who packed beaches and bars over springbeaches and bars over spring break widely criticized. break widely criticized. now a florida university say now a florida university says five of its students have teste five of its students have tested positive after returning from positive after returning from vacation.
vacation.young people can get it. young people can get it. you will get sick. you will get sick. new york’s governor
andrew new york’s governor andrew cuomo noting more than half the cuomo noting more than half the cases in the state are people cases in the state are people between 18 and 49. between 18 and 49. a country relying on a younger a country relying on a younger generation being responsible generation being responsible reeling at the prospect they, reeling at the prospect they, too, could be at risk. too, could be at risk. as a doctor told me, there is no as a doctor told me, there is no textbook for the coronavirus and textbook for the corona virus and how to handle it. how to handle it. they are figuring this all out they are figuring this all out in realtime. in realtime. who are in texas, dallas has who are in texas, dallas has issued what they call
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