Are kids and young people affected more badly than we thought?

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Several worrying cases involving coronavirus infection of children and younger adults have emerged from the UK and USA in the last few weeks. In the UK, a few children have shown up at hospitals with a serious illness. And in America, younger adults have shown up at hospitals after suffering from strokes. While the total numbers are low, it reveals there's still a lot we don’t know about this virus. On today's show: * What is happening with children in the UK? * What about younger adults suffering from stroke in America? * Is loss of sense of taste and smell a good enough symptom to get tested? * How does COVID-19 possibly change the way we think?

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