As the coronavirus began to migrate from Wuhan, China, across the world, the common refrain went that young people, and children especially, were mostly being spared from the worst complications of the pandemic. Around the globe, that has proven to be mostly true — except not in America.

Stanford University researchers found that whereas those under 65 comprised 5% to 9% of all coronavirus deaths in eight major European epicenters, those younger than 65 have accounted for a staggering 30% of all coronavirus deaths in major U.S. hotbeds. For those in New York City, the absolute risk for people under 65 of dying from the coronavirus has been nearly three times greater than those in Italy, seven times greater than those in Belgium, and 46 times greater than those in Germany.