Young adults are more likely to be COVID-19 superspreaders, new research shows — probably because they aren't staying home
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- People under age 60 tend to be the main drivers of superspreading events, a new study found.
- Research suggests that superspreading events account for large shares of coronavirus transmission.
- The study came after the WHO warned that young adults may be spreading the virus to the elderly.
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One man's wild weekend in Seoul, South Korea. A birthday party in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. A trip to a winery in Ohio. In all three instances, a young adult spread the coronavirus to at least a dozen people. The 29-year-old man in Seoul infected more than 100 others.
In the last few months, high-risk activities like these among young adults have been increasingly linked to superspreading events. It's part of larger pattern of young people fueling transmission, according to a recent study from researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Department of Public Health.
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