You will have seen various #CovidGobshites on Twitter claiming #COVID19 is for old people. They get it. They were already ill and were going to die anyway. Figures coming out of the USA paint a different picture... https://elemental.medium.com/surge-in-younger-covid-19-infections-could-worsen-the-pandemic-4622aa43126
Surge in Younger Covid-19 Infections Could Worsen the Pandemic

Scientists aren’t exactly sure why, but the consequences could be significant

https://elemental.medium.com/surge-in-younger-covid-19-infections-could-worsen-the-pandemic-4622aa43126
Positives tests in the 65+ are down and Positives tests for the 18 and-49 are up...
The average age for new cases has fallen from about 60 early in the pandemic to 47...
In Texas, the average age for new infections has fallen to age 50 and in Florida to age 36... https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/22/texas-coronavirus-cases-hospitalizations-austin-houston-dallas/
Texas is heading down a dangerous path, local leaders warn as coron...

When Gov. Greg Abbott let businesses start reopening, he pointed to two metrics as encouraging signs: the hospitalization rate and the infection rate. Both of those metrics are on the rise in Texas.

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/22/texas-coronavirus-cases-hospitalizations-austin-houston-dallas/
Excuse the source but this is a woman, 29 who received a double lung transplant due to COVID. Her lungs were so ravaged, they were putting oxygen directly into her blood... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8410347/Coronavirus-survivor-US-receives-double-lung-transplant.html
Coronavirus survivor in US receives double lung transplant

Surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago have given a new set of lungs to a young woman with severe lung damage from coronavirus. It's among the first such operations in the US.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8410347/Coronavirus-survivor-US-receives-double-lung-transplant.html
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