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Florida Hospitals See More Young People on Ventilators As Delta Variant Sweeps State

COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all surging in Florida as the delta variant sweeps through the state that has resisted mask and vaccine mandates. Mary Mayhew, president and CEO of the Florida Hospital Association, describes how the variant is “burning through the unvaccinated population” and making previously healthy young people severely ill.
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A 23-Year-Old Who Suffered a Mini-Stroke Due to COVID-19 Is Warning Others to Take the Virus Seriously

Riley Behrens was a healthy 23-year-old until he caught COVID-19. Now he is recovering from a mini-stroke that resulted from complications from the virus. He joined LX News to share his story and warn other young people to take the virus seriously.
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Students Express Their Own Health Fears As Schools Weigh Reopening Plans

LX News host Ashley Holt talked to a college student from Illinois, a high school student from Georgia and an eighth grader from Indiana about returning to school in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
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These Young Women Survived Long Battles With Covid-19—Now They're Helping Others

Fiona Lowenstein, 26, and Melanie Montano, 32, are evidence that even young and healthy people can become seriously ill with Covid-19. They discuss how physical and social isolation has made their months-long battles with coronavirus more difficult, and how Lowenstein has now co-founded a support group to help others suffering from the virus.
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Claims that Coronavirus Isn't Serious Are ‘Patently False,' Medical Expert Says

Dr. Jay Wolfson, Associate Dean at USF’s Morsani College of Medicine, says claims that young and healthy people don’t have to worry about catching coronavirus are simply not true. Even people with mild or asymptomatic cases may suffer from long-term effects, he said, so it is important that people don’t congregate where the disease can spread.
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Mild Cases of Covid-19 May Have Long-Term Consequences — Even in Young People

Much of the discussion around Covid-19 has involved the most serious cases in older and immunocompromised people. But even young, healthy people with so-called mild cases can experience serious symptoms with unknown, long-term consequences. Dr. Gregory Poland, professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic, explains why even young people need to take coronavirus seriously.
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