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Over 40% of Americans are more at risk of severe COVID-19

People wait in line for free groceries distributed by the Chelsea Collaborative in a city hard hit by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., July 22, 2020.   REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RC2OYH9PQJK8

Over 40% of Americans are at risk of severe effects from COVID-19. Image: REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Niall McCarthy
Data Journalist, Statista
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