As coronavirus spreads, immunocompromised young people ask peers to keep them in mind

"Young people like to think of themselves as invincible, but we're not," said a 25-year-old with lupus who posted using HighRiskCovid19.

As a self-described extrovert, Evelyn Lebel says she finds social distancing difficult. But as a 27-year-old woman with Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a genetic disorder that can result in lung and liver complications, she knows self-quarantine is necessary.

Hi, the name is Evelyn and I have a super rare liver disease that can also be in the lungs. My disease also makes me have portal hypertension which makes me #HighRiskCovid19 ✌️✌️✌️ even tho I look healthy, think of us friends when you go out. pic.twitter.com/7yJUGSJPcg"People my age aren't really thinking about just how many people they are putting in potential danger by continuing to go out," Lebel told NBC News.

"I'm trying to educate my friends about how serious this is," Fugate said."I'm not only trying to protect myself, but I'm trying to protect them." According to medical experts, older adults appear to be more severely at risk from the new coronavirus; young people, children especially, have made up very few of the confirmed cases so far. Still, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has said people with"underlying conditions"— regardless of age — are"overwhelmingly" more likely to have complications if they catch the coronavirus.

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