Thread by @yaneerbaryam, "The young die as well from COVID-19, even as many engage in [...]

Yaneer Bar-Yam

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"The young die as well from COVID-19, even as many engage in denial

"A dangerous fiction has made its way through social media and American politics.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/11/28/fighting-dangerous-myth-covid-only-threatens-old-ill/6440182002/ via @usatoday

"Those who are in terrific shape, are young and have no prior illness can, indeed, be critically ill from COVID..Many died and many will die. In addition, healthy people are continuing to unknowingly spread COVID to elderly, who become ill and are at higher risk for death."

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"To young adults who doubt their vulnerability.. I would invite them to visit our ICU and see the multiple tragedies of younger people infected with COVID,..I think people are willing themselves to believe they are not at risk but that's a very dangerous and mistaken belief."

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"That concept that young people do not get extremely ill and die from COVID-19 is simply not true,..The majority of patients in our intensive care unit currently are below 60. There are three patients in their 20s."

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"We found younger and younger people being infected”.. the median age for hospitalized COVID-19 patients across the nation is now hovering around 40…At present, the highest number of COVID-19 cases is in the 18- to 29-year-old age group.

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https://twitter.com/oliveblogs/status/1321178691641188352?s=20

https://twitter.com/oliveblogs/status/1321178691641188352?s=20

https://twitter.com/yaneerbaryam/status/1241787417197268996?s=20

https://twitter.com/yaneerbaryam/status/1241787417197268996?s=20

Here are the hospitalization ratios https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investigations-discovery/hospitalization-death-by-age.html

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

CDC provides credible COVID-19 health information to the U.S.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investigations-discovery/hospitalization-death-by-age.html

Hospitalization ratios are much more similar across ages than death rates

And if you are not worried for yourself:

COVID could hurt those you love most https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-we-feared-susan-s-covid-would-kill-her-your-risks-could-hurt-those-you-love-most-96272453820

Maddow: We feared Susan's Covid would kill her. Your risks could hurt those you love most.

Rachel Maddow reveals that the reason for her ongoing quarantine is that her partner, Susan, tested positive for Covid-19 and is still recovering from severe symptoms, and implores viewers to...

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-we-feared-susan-s-covid-would-kill-her-your-risks-could-hurt-those-you-love-most-96272453820

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