One In Four Young People Think You're Underestimating The Coronavirus's Risks

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One In Four Young People Think You're Underestimating The Coronavirus's Risks
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A new YouGov/YahooNews poll says 30% of people aged 18-29 were “not very worried” about the coronavirus outbreak

that have been able to test residents that young people can and will test positive for the virus even if they don’t present symptoms.

“The virus isn't a mathematical formula,” Anthony Fauci, the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,, per Politico. “There are going to be people who are young who are going to wind up getting seriously ill.” He stressed the contagion effect of the virus, which has droplet vector properties that adds to its ability to spread quickly.

While 39 percent of respondents to YouGov’s poll said they believed most Americans are “overreacting to the actual risks” of the coronavirus, a plurality believe Americans are either “behaving appropriately” or are even “underestimating the risks” . Some of those precautions include closing schools, which 57 percent of respondents aged 18-29 approve of — despite the risks for vulnerable students, like those who are first-generation or are experiencing homelessness.

Meanwhile, 19 percent of young people said they have stockpiled food and other supplies, more than any other age group. But that might have more to do with culinary skills — and a lack of pantry space, given that

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