That spike from Korea in the 20-29 age range is mostly from the one Christian group that got it first. If you’re going to tweet a graph research it first, especially if it looks unbelievable.https://twitter.com/markwby/status/1238867143363567616 …
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Literally no one is saying this. For the final time, the point is that many young people already have it but it is so mild for them that they will not get tested (happening in the USA) even if they want to, and pass it on to vulnerable people.
Everyone _is_ saying this. Korea is not testing "everyone", not even close. No other country--even those with *more* testing--found this spike. I'll be you $100 to charity you can't find this spike in China and Bahrain. If you can't, then no, young people are not infected more.
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I'll also point out that this is exactly how xenophobia and authoritarianism starts. To fight the urge to believe this I'll request you read this: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0062275 … Parasitic fear mongering is a cornerstone of authoritarianism.
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“More” as in more than any other group, or more than Italy is reporting to a large extent?
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This data is a bit old, so I am not sure how it changed in the last month, but it is ~1/2 of the peak in China, and shows that Italy's young infection rate is not in line with China's (though is not so far out of whack, like Korea's was) (from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1095024/china-age-distribution-of-wuhan-coronavirus-covid-19-patients/ …)pic.twitter.com/uSb2LGy8P7
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The tweet says that Korea has broad testing. This is true. The tweet says a whole lot of 20-29 year olds feel fine but have it. Again, that is consistent with evidence and overwhelmingly likely true.
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It is not true. And, if this uncovers a hidden spiked demographic then you'd find that in a country that tested more. Get me this graph from China and Bahrain. If not, then you lost this argument and owe $100 to charity.
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