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Younger adults are large percentage of coronavirus hospitalizations in United States, according to new CDC data

White House officials warn millennials they are not immune

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March 19, 2020 at 8:55 a.m. EDT
Despite CDC warnings to practice social distancing, some spring breakers didn’t let covid-19 stop them from partying at the beach the week of March 13. (Video: The Washington Post)

The deadly coronavirus has been met with a bit of a shrug among some in the under-50 set in the United States. Even as public health officials repeatedly urged social distancing, the young and hip spilled out of bars on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. They gleefully hopped on flights, tweeting about the rock-bottom airfares. And they gathered in packs on beaches.