Several young doctors in China have died of the coronavirus. Medical workers are far more vulnerable

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Peng Yinhua, a 29-year-old Chinese doctor, planned to marry his fiancée on February 1. But as the coronavirus outbreak grew, Peng postponed his wedding to help treat patients in Wuhan. He died of the disease on February 21.

Peng was one of at least eight healthcare workers who have died of the virus. Another young doctor, Li Wenliang, died February 7, leaving behind a son and pregnant wife. Li, who was 34, had been censored after sounding the alarm about the coronavirus to fellow medical-school alumni.

As of Tuesday, more than 3,300 healthcare workers in China had been infected with the coronavirus, the LA Times reported. About 90% of those cases are in the Hubei province, where the outbreak began two months ago.

The deaths of doctors in their 20s and 30s naturally sparks concern about the coronavirus' risk to younger people, but according to China's National Health Commission, about 80% of people who have died from COVID-19 were over the age of 60.

https://news.yahoo.com/several-young-doctors-china-died-130300055.html

[Coventina]

1. How can that be? DUers keep saying only the elderly are at risk!!!!

[dalton99a]

2. With or without the coronavirus, doctors in China are horribly overworked

There are videos online of them collapsing from exhaustion, being physically attacked by patients and families, etc.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. From what our

Niece's Son said yesterday,the Medical people in China are being worked ridiculous hours and their body immune systems are breaking down.