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High-Risk Populations for Severe COVID-19 Infections in the United States

About one quarter of the U.S. adult population could be considered high risk for severe COVID-19 infections

The photo shows a man with his mask pulled down taking a drag on his smoke.
Many in the U.S. and elsewhere are at high risk for severe COVID-19. Here a man wearing a protective mask smokes a cigarette during the coronavirus pandemic in a slum in Bangkok on April 27, 2020.  REUTERS/Jorge Silva