Because it's true.
According to the CDC link above (which I've referred to before, btw), which is dated Dec 23, only 5298 deaths occurred from COVID in the 35-44 range. There are 41.6 million people in that age range. On that date, there had been 291,757 deaths total.
This means 0.012% of total people 35-44 died of COVID as of December 23.
Additionally, they make up just 1.8% of all COVID deaths, despite being 12.7% of the population.
Furthermore, almost all of these 5,298 had preexisting conditions. The younger the person, the higher the chance COVID the death involved preexisting conditions. For example, for kids Ben's age (10), almost none are dying without major preexisting conditions. Here is one study which discusses the preexisting condition matter: https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...13935120307854
I am NOT talking about comorbidities at death, such as situations where pneumonia and COVID are listed together on the death certificate. That's something different, as death comorbidities are the actual causes of death, whereas preexisting conditions are prior conditions which allow COVID to kill you more easily. There's obviously crossover, but they're two entirely different concepts. You are focusing upon death comorbidities, and I am talking about preexisting conditions.
The bottom line is that VERY FEW people under 45 are dying without preexisting conditions. It happens, but it's uncommon.
The media and the government don't like discussing this, because they want to keep people cautious. If they admit, "Almost everyone dying of this is either old or has preexisting conditions", this will lead to much less cooperation when it comes to masking and social distancing. Thus, the message from the media has long involved underplaying the true danger to elderly people, and overplaying the danger to non-elderly people. There was an interesting chart I posted somewhat recently, which showed the immense difference between the public's perception of vulnerability (by age) and the true vulnerability.
My concern here is about permanent lung damage, which is far more common in middle aged people than young, and isn't unusual to get if you're my age with COVID.