Health
Young and middle-aged adults responsible for most COVID spread – Axios
But older Americans are most likely to die.
The coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. has been chiefly driven by young and middle-aged people, while killing mostly older people.
Driving the news: Adults aged 20-49 were responsible for the vast majority of virus transmission last year, even after schools reopened in the fall, according to a new study published in Science.
Why it matters: The U.S. vaccination effort is racing to keep up with the spread of new, more transmissible variants of the virus. Millions more Americans could be infected before…
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