[BostonCard]

After the spring surge, it was calculated that the average patient who died from COVID-19 was robbed of 10 years of their life (wish I could find the reference).  So, even the older patients were unlikely to have been dying anyways.

On top of that, it turns out that a study was just published that showed the impact of COVID-19 on younger people:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/opini...74f24220a2

July appears to have been the deadliest month among this age group in modern American history. Over the past 20 years, an average of 11,000 young American adults died each July. This year that number swelled to over 16,000.

In addition, among survivors, something like 1 in 20 have "long COVID", symptoms of COVID-19 at least 8 weeks after infection.
https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/long-covid

BC

[BostonCard]

After the spring surge, it was calculated that the average patient who died from COVID-19 was robbed of 10 years of their life (wish I could find the reference).  So, even the older patients were unlikely to have been dying anyways.

On top of that, it turns out that a study was just published that showed the impact of COVID-19 on younger people:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/opini...74f24220a2

July appears to have been the deadliest month among this age group in modern American history. Over the past 20 years, an average of 11,000 young American adults died each July. This year that number swelled to over 16,000.

In addition, among survivors, something like 1 in 20 have "long COVID", symptoms of COVID-19 at least 8 weeks after infection.
https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/long-covid

BC