Dear Members of the Baylor College of Medicine Community,
Today, I want to focus my message on two populations; young adults who are not yet vaccinated, and people – young and old – who have already had COVID-19, but do not feel like they are fully recovered.
Last week, I attempted to debunk this myth: "I am young, COVID-19 won't hurt me, I don't need to be vaccinated". To review from last week, looking at the simplest and easiest to define of outcome measures – mortality – the rate of death in young adults is much lower than those more senior, but it is not inconsequential. Happily, the risk is almost entirely preventable with vaccination and safe practices.