Dr. Anthony Fauci Says The Average Age Of U.S. Coronavirus Patients Has Dropped By 15 Years As Sun B
Source: CNBC
(3 hrs ago, By Noah Higgins-Dunn). The average age of new coronavirus patients has dropped by roughly 15 years compared with only a few months ago as the coronavirus reignites in America's Sun Belt, White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday.
Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said during a Q&A discussion with Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, that the resurgence of cases in the U.S. are an extension of the outbreak first reported earlier this year, not a second wave. "It's a serious situation that we have to address immediately," he said.
The U.S. has continued to push farther beyond what some previously thought was its peak earlier this year, reporting thousands of new cases each day. States like Florida and Texas have recently reported daily infections in the thousands and growing hospitalizations. Cases surged after some states rushed to reopened their economies in May. Many have since walked back their reopenings, re-closing bars and indoor dining at restaurants as many young people disregarded recommended social distancing a face mask recommendations, officials say. "The average age of people getting infected now is a decade and a half younger than it was a few months ago particularly when New York and New Orleans and Chicago were getting hit very badly," Fauci said.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the median age of new Covid-19 patients in his state, which reported a record number of new cases over the holiday weekend, has reached a low of 33. By comparison, the median age of a newly diagnosed coronavirus patient in their 50s and 60s in March and April, he said at a press conference Monday. "Now why is that important? Well, because this is a virus that does not affect all age groups equally. It's much more lethal for people who are in their 80s and 90s than it is in your 20s and 30s," he said."...
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- Dr. Fauci warned that while young people are less likely to develop serious illnesses from Covid-19, the virus could still "put them out of action for weeks at a time." He also said young people should remember that when they're infected, there's the likelihood that they could spread the disease to people who are at a high risk of serious illness...
- FL Gov. DeSantis stated the fatality rate is significantly lower among Gen Y and millennials, also adding that many of those cases are asymptomatic. "Just because you're 21 and you may not have significant symptoms that does not mean you can't affect other people and I think that's something that we're concerned about."...
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