> I read that statnews article. Nothing in there actually indicates that young and HEALTHY people are at a high risk. That's not what I responded to. This is:

> I read that statnews article. Nothing in there actually indicates that young and HEALTHY people are at a high risk. That's not what I responded to. This is: > I haven't seen any young and HEALTHY folks needing ICU care. The linked articles says "up to one-fifth of infected people ages 20-44 have been hospitalized, including 2%-4% who required treatment in an intensive care unit." Unless you wish to claim that 1/5 people ages 20-44 are not HEALTHY (your capitalization, maybe there is some intended meaning I'm missing there), you have now seen what you were asking for. > That being said there is a 0.1-0.2% risk for people within the age range of 20-44. Let's go with the lower number, 0.1%, and see what that implies. In 2018, there were about 109 million people aged 20 to 44 in the US [1]; 0.1% of that is 109000, more than all ICU beds in the US [2]. And that's just counting those who would die if given intensive care. If we go with 2% of the same age group needing ICU treatment (again, the lower end of the quoted range, 2-4%), that's 2.2 million people. With only 100000 ICU beds available, that means 2.1 million people aged 20-44 die, even if we deny everybody else intensive care. [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/241488/population-of-the-us-by-sex-and-age/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/241488/population-of-the... [2] https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/03/18/coronavirus-ventilators-us-hospitals-johns-hopkins-mayo-clinic/5032523002/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/03/18/coronav...