4/4 So please, for everybody's sake, practice #SocialDistancing, #WashYourHands , and take the coronavirus seriously.

#WeAreInThisTogether #FlattenTheCurve
https://twitter.com/AllisonFox4News/status/1240001658446385158
https://twitter.com/KENS5/status/1240393794073305091
2/2 https://twitter.com/AliNouriPhD/status/1240660209099563008
Another cautionary tale... and a young woman fighting for her life. I wish her all, and commend her stubborn bravery for posting this even as she is in this state. https://twitter.com/kr3at/status/1240296333354950658
Bjonda Haliti is 22 and has the #coronavirus.

Here is her story.

While the elderly are most at risk, anybody can be devastated by this disease.

#ShelterInPlace #WashYourHands #SocialDistancing https://twitter.com/baeonda/status/1240324132723544070
1/2 Again, this is NOT just a disease that affects older people. It strikes everybody. https://twitter.com/TrinityResists/status/1241504933058207744
2/2 https://twitter.com/bradleyziffer/status/1240676575168921600
2/2 “It first struck me how different it was when I saw my first coronavirus patient go bad. I was like, Holy shit, this is not the flu. Watching this relatively young guy, gasping for air, pink frothy secretions coming out of his tube.”
https://twitter.com/twmentality1/status/1243356113577238528
David Lat's tale is both one of hope for survival, and a cautionary tale of how even survival can be difficult. The best answer: don't get it to begin with.

#StayHome
I spent 6 days on a ventilator with covid-19. It saved me, but my life is not the same. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/09/my-near-death-experience-ventilator/
15 Children Are Hospitalized With Mysterious Illness Possibly Tied to COVID-19 https://news.yahoo.com/15-children-hospitalized-mysterious-illness-122427763.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=tw via @YahooNews
Former Obama health care head Andy Slavitt ( . @ASlavitt ) explains how COVID-19 is not just a disease that impacts the elderly, but also heavily affects those who are middle aged, from 45 to 64. https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/1265830745345581062
1/2 https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/1287828410073600004?s=20
My thread here is dedicated to dispelling the lie that COVID-19 is "a disease that only kills the old."

I am sure it overlaps some with this thread that tracks children who have been lost to it.

There is no guarantee anybody is immune to the #TrumpVirus. https://twitter.com/Cleavon_MD/status/1280930511527923713?s=20
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