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wasoxygen · 1319 days ago · link · · parent · post: What Young, Healthy People Have to Fear From COVID-19
The third source on the bird feed is to an unreviewed preprint, which is fine. It describes ten asymptomatic patients. “We reviewed the initial chest CT images and radiographies taken on admission for each patient.” GGO was observed in all ten. “Among the 139 patients with COVID-19 who were hospitalized, 10 (7.2%) were asymptomatic. Their mean age was 65 ± 12.8 years (age range: 52-95 years) and the sex ratio was 6:4 (male:female)(Table 1).” 100% of sources used by The Atlantic to support the idea that young people should worry about COVID-19 hurting their lungs describe old people (N=3).