NYTimes: Younger Adults Comprise Big Portion of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in U.S.

Younger Adults Comprise Big Portion of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in U.S. nyti.ms/3bdE1yN

“Younger people may feel more confident about their ability to withstand a virus like this,” said Dr. Christopher Carlsten, head of respiratory medicine at the University of British Columbia. But, he said, “if that many younger people are being hospitalized, that means that there are a lot of young people in the community that are walking around with the infection.”

NYTimes: Which Areas in America Are Worse Off Since 2016?

Which Areas in America Are Worse Off Since 2016? nyti.ms/2wdT3ph

Five percent of Americans live in counties where two of three key economic measures were worse in 2019 than 2016.

By March 16, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET

Although economists now expect that the coronavirus will lead to a major recession, the American economy improved steadily for nearly a decade, under both President Obama and President Trump.

Gains have been widespread since 2016, when Mr. Trump was elected, with the lowest-wage industries and workers seeing the biggest wage gains. And yet not all of America is better off.

Five percent of Americans live in counties where the economy was worse off in 2019 than in 2016, on at least two of three key economic measures.