Remember that NYT story claiming young people are at high risk from COVID? It's based on a JAMA study that uses 2018 opioid deaths among people under 45 as a baseline

Remember that NYT story claiming young people are at high risk from COVID? It's based on a JAMA study that uses 2018 opioid deaths among people under 45 as a baseline to conclude that COVID is the driver of excess deaths among the same in 2020. https://t.co/qbYVWxn5K5 pic.twitter.com/MBEEslOhKl

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