The nation's top infectious diseases expert has a stern warning to young people: Don't get complacent about statistics showing serious coronavirus cases and fatalities are skewed toward the elderly and those with underlying health issues.
"You are not immune or safe from getting seriously ill," National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" when asked if younger Americans should be concerned about contracting the virus, which Fauci has repeatedly said is more lethal than the average flu.
"Even though when you look at the total numbers, it's overwhelmingly weighted toward the elderly and those with underlying conditions," he explained, "the virus isn't a mathematical formula. There are going to be people who are young who are going to wind up getting seriously ill."
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