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Re:Twenty-one year old with no pre-existing conditions dies ... by evbpcapfxy on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @10:25AM (#22684791)
Some quick googling also shows that young people without pre-existing conditions can die from the regular flu.

https://time.com/5099042/influenza-deaths-flu/

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Re:Twenty-one year old with no pre-existing conditions dies ... by jamesrcole on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @10:32AM (#22684860)
But I don’t think people have been hammered with the view that flu can only kill older people. Whereas they have been for covid-19.
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Re:Twenty-one year old with no pre-existing conditions dies ... by teekert on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @10:38AM (#22684909)
We have a sort of famous person in the Netherlands of 39y/o, he vlogged from his bed on a breather about his past 8 days of almost dying. That did a lot for awareness in my country I feel.
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Re:Twenty-one year old with no pre-existing conditions dies ... by SpicyLemonZest on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @10:44AM (#22684976)
People haven't been hammered with it because it's background cultural knowledge that's never really questioned. I've never met anyone below the age of 60 who acted even a tiny bit scared of the flu, except for a few people who've personally had a severe case before and parents with very young children.
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