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OK, maybe it is not obvious. Number of hospitalized young people is higher than it was in Autumn (with similar number of infections). Number of elderly obvious
by krzyk 6y ago
OK, maybe it is not obvious.
Number of hospitalized young people is higher than it was in Autumn (with similar number of infections). Number of elderly obviously is smaller (because vaccinations).
Besides hospitalizations of younger population, their outcome is also worse - ratio of severe illness to mild is higher than it was before.
This is a trade-off, who should live, or how miserable the life of those that survive will be.
- scrollaway 6y agoHow much of this is due to the B117 variant in your country? I haven't looked at stats in poland but there is a counter-acting effect from that as the variant is outright more lethal and spreads more easily. Here in Belgium, for what it's worth, the vaccines still outrun the variant but I could see it being different for other countries.
- krzyk 6y agoB117 was at 60% new cases two weeks ago.
- krzyk 6y agoOne more thing, besides younger people (there are a lot of people in their their thirties). A children (< 18 year olds) wards in hospitals in second larges city are full (number of released patients = newly added). Yes, children - those that wre mostly asymptomatic stopped being asymptomatic.