“Doctors sound alarm about patients in their 30s and 40s left debilitated or dead. Some didn’t even know they were infected.”

If you read or share just one story about #COVID19 today, make it this one: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/24/strokes-coronavirus-young-patients/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/20...
Young, healthy people barely sick with covid-19 are dying from strokes

Doctors sound alarm about patients in their 30s and 40s left debilitated or dead by strokes. Some didn’t even know they were infected by coronavirus.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/24/strokes-coronavirus-young-patients/
“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/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/20...
Because I think this story is so important, I& #39;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/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/20...
Because I think this story is so important, I& #39;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/20...
Because I think this story is so important, I& #39;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/20...
Because I think this story is so important, I& #39;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/20...
Because I think this story is so important, I& #39;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/20...
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