YOUNG PEOPLE ARE AT RISK OF SEVERE COVID-19 ILLNESS

BOSTON- Stephanie Moir, a healthy 33-year-old, ran everyday and is now having trouble just getting out of bed. Now, she has been dealing with the COVID-19 virus for months, having undergone eight emergency room trips and a wide array of health problems. Young people, even after hospitalization, are being discharged to health care facilities to continue recovery. 

In a study done by Dr. Scott Solomon and other Harvard Medical professors showed that 5% of patients admitted to 419 hospitals were young adults. 58% of patients were men and 57% were Black or Hispanic. One third of the patients were obese, 18% had diabetes and 16% had hypertension. Young adults with underlying health conditions are at the same risk as middle-aged people without those conditions. This data is worrisome because COVID-19 cases are now surging among 20-29 year olds. The cases in this age range make up for 20% of all confirmed cases in the United States. 

The study's death rate was at 2.7% for young adults, double the deaths of young adults who have had died from heart attacks. 

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