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By Serious cases of COVID-19 have grown in recent weeks in Americans 50 and younger. (Tempura/Getty Images) After spending much of the past year tending to elderly patients, doctors are seeing a clear demographic shift: young and middle-aged adults make up a growing share of the patients in COVID-19 hospital wards. It’s both a sign of the country’s success in protecting the elderly through vaccination and an urgent reminder that younger generations will pay a heavy price if the outbreak is allowed to simmer in communities across the country. “We’re now seeing people in their 30s, 40s and 50s young people who are really sick,” says Dr. Vishnu Chundi, an infectious disease physician and chair of the Chicago Medical Society’s COVID-19 task force. “Most of them make it, but some do not. … I just lost a 32-year-old with two children, so it’s heartbreaking.” ....
Image credit: Tempura Stay tuned in to our local news coverage: Listen to 90.7 WMFE on your FM or HD radio, the WMFE mobile app or your smart speaker say “Alexa, play NPR” and you’ll be connected. After spending much of the past year tending to elderly patients, doctors are seeing a clear demographic shift: young and middle-aged adults make up a growing share of the patients in COVID-19 hospital wards. It’s both a sign of the country’s success in protecting the elderly through vaccination and an urgent reminder that younger generations will pay a heavy price if the outbreak is allowed to simmer in communities across the country. ....
With older adults vaccinated, doctors say a greater share of their COVID-19 patients are in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, as more contagious variants circulate among people who are still unvaccinated. ....
After spending much of the past year tending to elderly patients, doctors are seeing a clear demographic shift: young and middle-aged adults make up a growing share of the patients in COVID-19 hospital wards. It s both a sign of the country s success in protecting the elderly through vaccination and an urgent reminder that younger generations will pay a heavy price if the outbreak is allowed to simmer in many communities around the country. We re now seeing people in their 30s, 40s and 50s young people who are really sick, says Dr. Vishnu Chundi, an infectious disease physician and chair of the Chicago Medical Society s COVID-19 task force. Most of them make it, but some do not. . I just lost a 32-year-old with two children, so it s heartbreaking. ....
With older adults vaccinated, doctors say a greater share of their COVID-19 patients are in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, as more contagious variants circulate among people who are still unvaccinated. ....