American adults of all ages \u2014 not just those in their 70s, 80s and 90s \u2014 are being seriously sickened by the coronavirus, according to a report on nearly 2,500 of the first recorded cases in the United States.<\/p>\n
The report<\/a>, issued Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that \u2014 as in other countries \u2014 the oldest patients had the greatest likelihood of dying and of being hospitalized. But of the 508 patients known to have been hospitalized, 38 percent were notably younger \u2014 between 20 and 54. And nearly half of the 121 patients who were admitted to intensive care units were adults under 65, the C.D.C. reported.<\/p>\n \u201cI think everyone should be paying attention to this,\u201d said Stephen S. Morse, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University\u2019s Mailman School of Public Health. \u201cIt\u2019s not just going to be the elderly. There will be people age 20 and up. They do have to be careful, even if they think that they\u2019re young and healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n The findings served to underscore an appeal issued Wednesday at a White House briefing by Dr. Deborah Birx, a physician and State Department official who is a leader of the administration\u2019s coronavirus task force. Citing similar reports of young adults in Italy and in France being hospitalized and needing intensive care, Dr. Birx implored the millennial generation to stop socializing in groups and to take care to protect themselves and others.<\/p>\n Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n Younger Adults Make Up Big Portion of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in U.S. https:\/\/t.co\/3kGyV5omBu<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jeffrey Duchin (@DocJeffD) March 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n