The doctors are right: data shows young people aren't dying of Covid-19

@back2facts wire

Cases are exploding in the Sunbelt and Midwest, but they’re largely in young people. Look at the latest data on Florida and California.

In Florida, no one has died under the age of 4. In California, no one has died under the age of 17.

And hospitalizations are holding steady in Florida. No huge spikes in number of ICU patients, and while some hospitals have very low vacancy in the ICU, each county has other hospitals that can handle the demand. Miami-Dade, the hardest-hit county, has about 1,000 beds ready to convert to intensive care if needed.

In Florida, 45 percent of all Covid deaths were of patients or health care workers in long-term care facilities. In California, 37 percent of all Covid deaths were from those in long-term care facilities.

Stay tuned for more data on the doctors’ other claims: that children aren’t spreading the virus to their elders, and that there are two phases of the disease, they say. The first phase is when the cases are mild, but people are isolating and so they are entering the second phase before they seek care. This last assertion is consistent with our research.