Dr Birx said that they are receiving data from Italy and France, about the severity risk for this (millennial) age group.
I’m sure details will be forthcoming.
well the issue is millenials are not paying attention, so the topic is going to get attention.
there were always reports of younger people dying of this from the beginning. it is just a less common outcome.
News like this no doubt:
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/