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>>12296099
>And you don't think that's more than it should be?
What you're basically saying is that any nonzero number of hospitalizations in that age group is unacceptable and should make us very wary of COVID-19. What you fail to realize is that the flu sends young people to the hospital, too, it's just not covered on the news as religiously.
Pic related is a table of flu illnesses and hospitalizations from the 2017-2018 flu season (chosen to avoid any coincidence with COVID-19). The idea that NOBODY younger than 70 should be hospitalized or die from an illness like this is foolish and unrealistic.
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2017-2018/archive.htm