New COVID-19 infections rising, but new deaths flat as younger patients recover

1. This vital information gap in the media is causing some health policy experts to worry that fear about the coronavirus — evidenced, for example, by Wednesday's sharp stock market drop — is not founded in facts, particularly about how the virus disparately impacts different age groups.
2. "The data has made it clear that the impact of COVID-19 on those in long-term care facilities or older adults with underlying conditions has been devastating, and more cautious policies are suggested," Joshua Archambault, a senior fellow in healthcare policy at the Foundation for Government Accountability, told Just the News.
3. Some public health policy experts fear spreading unfounded alarm about rising infection rates risks deep harm to Americans' livelihoods and mental health due to prolonged, widespread shutdowns.
4. Data from Oxford University show that even though the confirmed daily reported COVID-19 cases have been ticking up in the United States in recent days, daily confirmed deaths have not risen.
5. Experts say the fact that new coronavirus deaths appear to remain flat is driven by more younger patients getting infected and recovering amid reopenings as the worst of the pandemic passes.

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