So much for the It only effects the older crowd crowd....
Coronavirus doctor says lung scans for young patients were ‘nothing short of terrifying’
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3825523/posts
I saved several of these today:
NETHERLANDS
In the Netherlands, more than half of the people in intensive care with Covid-19 are aged under 50, IC association chairman tells
@ADnl
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The family of a 16-year-old boy in intensive care has asked the Netherlands to “Wake up and take this virus seriously.”
https://www.ad.nl/dossier-coronavirus/40-a-50-nederlandse-coronapatienten-op-intensive-cares-meer-dan-de-helft-is-onder-de-vijftig~a058aad2/?referrer=https://t.co/1joc6basR8?amp=1
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FRANCE
Jérôme Salomon, Director of Health:
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Young people are also affected
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According to Jérôme Salomon, “we often have young people, half of the people in ICU are under 65. Just over 10% of deaths are under the age of 65. But there are few cases among minors. From the age of 25, 30 year old, there are increasingly severe forms and no underlying pathology.”
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Belgian doctor says young coronavirus patients also getting ‘severely ill’
An emergency doctor treating patients of the coronavirus epidemic said several young people who had been hospitalised were getting “severely ill” despite having no underlying conditions.
Doctor Ignace Demeyer, who works at a hospital in Aalst said that that lung scans from young people admitted into the emergency ward were “nothing short of terrifying.”
https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/100824/belgian-doctor-says-young-coronavirus-patients-are-also-getting-severely-ill/