My brother is a radiologist at a large hospital in Atlanta .. he just emailed me:

[DemoTex]

"We had 6 patients admitted in 2 hours last night with Covid-19. I reviewed all of the CT scans this morning and it was really scary. Some of these patients had been having symptoms for a week (and shedding virus for more than that). The youngest was 32 yrs old."

[dalton99a]

1. Kick

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Even with the new cases reported here in Philly (now up to 44)

it is still running almost 1/2 of the infected being the "young adults" (20 - 40).

[Laelth]

4. Hospitalzed ... not just "infected" ... hospitalized.

In Atlanta, at least, as per the OP. This virus can and does, sometimes, trigger a CYTOKINE STORM in young, healthy victims.

-Laelth

[BumRushDaShow]

11. I think they said there were 6 hospitalized

out of a group of 20 whom were actually healthcare workers (some of who were in the younger age group).

[liberalmuse]

12. I wonder if the younger ones are getting virus load?

Normally they don't exhibit symptoms at all.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. Much of this early testing has only been done on those who have shown symptoms

and/or who had a known contact with a confirmed case. So who knows how many are out there with it that are asymptomatic.

I also believe it was noted that the younger ones had also traveled overseas so they were in the eye of a storm.

[liberalmuse]

14. That makes sense.

Thank you!

[shanti]

17. There were some younger

(20-40's?) critically ill patients in So Cal too. They had come back from a ski trip to Italy. Maybe the Italian strain is worse?

[BumRushDaShow]

18. I remember hearing something about one here

who had come back from Spain.

[DemoTex]

5. Check your PM

[Demsrule86]

6. Thanks Dan...

[SunSeeker]

7. Holy shit.

[Dem2theMax]

8. And it's just the beginning.

[Marrah_Goodman]

9. my daughter's hospital has 6 patients now

And it's not even the main hospital in the state. By this time next week the numbers are going to explode, IMHO. I am from RI.

[bdamomma]

19. oh my

I'm hoping RI will be okay. I have relatives out there. Keep well, and make calls to get this horrible jerk out of the WH. He just does not care. Tell your daughter to stay safe.

[Amishman]

10. yup, seeing reports all over of likely lasting lung damage in those who recover

not good

[Azathoth]

21. This stuff is anecdotal. A self-selecting sample.

The only survivors getting follow-up CT scans right now are the ones who had either unusually severe illness, or else obvious lingering problems.

You need to do a random sampling across all recovered cases to see the true picture of long-term sequelae.

[bronxiteforever]

15. Kick and recommend.

[Laffy Kat]

16. I work in a clinic that is attached to a hospital.

A nurse told me on Monday that it is on every floor in the hospital. The numbers we're hearing are not correct, it is prevalent.

[smirkymonkey]

20. I spoke w/ my parents tonight who are in Florida for the winter and are Trump voters.

Or at least were. I haven't taken their temp lately. My mother is a retired Dean of a nursing college in NY and Professor Emeritus who said that that it is going to get much worse before it gets better. I was actually surprised that she went with science over politics, but that tells me that this is bad.

She is very worried and has encouraged all of us and even the grandchildren (two of whom have asthma) to stay home and not expose themselves to the general public. The fact that she is acting as a health professional first and pushing politics aside tells me that she is terrified of this and worried that it will harm someone in our family.

I honestly did not expect that reaction, but I trust that she will always put the family above her political convictions.

[Cha]

22. That is so scary! My Son-in-law is a

radiologist in Portland, Ore.. I haven't talked to him to hear what's going on in his neck of the woods. But I will ask my daughter the next time.. he's always working!

Thank you for this, DemoTex

[wnylib]

23. My nephew is in Atlanta. Has a job

that requires dealing with the public.

[Ilsa]

24. The 32-year old may be the person

Employed by my spouse's employer. They sent out an email describing possible dates where different groups would have contact with him, but they could not name him, by law. My spouse appears to be in the clear.