“Coronavirus patients are mostly experiencing the deadliest type of stroke. Known as large vessel occlusions or LVOs, they can obliterate large parts of the brain responsible for movement, speech and decision-making in one blow...”

Read the graph below:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/24/strokes-coronavirus-young-patients/
Because I think this story is so important, I've converted it and taken screen grabs so you can all read it:

"Young and middle-aged people, barely sick with covid-19, are dying from strokes"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/24/strokes-coronavirus-young-patients/
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