Much more young Americans killed by the coronavirus

Hundreds of young Americans have now been killed by the coronavirus, a Washington Post analysis found, and the true number of deaths among younger people is probably higher, because not all states provided data that includes age. “Just because they are young doesn’t mean they aren’t vulnerable,” one ER doctor said.

Two weeks after her husband died alone in an intensive care unit in Fort Myers, Fla., Nicole Buchanan is quarantined at the home they shared with their 12-year-old daughter, wrestling not only with grief but also with why and how the coronavirus could steal someone so young and healthy.

“My husband didn’t have diabetes, he didn’t have asthma, he didn’t have high cholesterol. He didn’t have anything,” Buchanan said. “There’s just so much I’ll never know, that I’ll never get the answers to.”

Read the analysis that underscores the harsh reality that young, seemingly fit people aren’t immune.

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Stuart Henderson