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Not really. The UK has been testing pretty much everyone who's admitted to hospital for COVID since the start of the outbreak regardless of why they were admitt
by makomk 6y ago
Not really. The UK has been testing pretty much everyone who's admitted to hospital for COVID since the start of the outbreak regardless of why they were admitted, which means there's going to be quite a few people in the COVID and in hospital group who were actually admitted due to other, unrelated conditions. Particularly if they were being admitted to hospital regularly...
- azakai 6y agoGood question to ask, but no, they didn't look at people who tested positive but were admitted for something else: > Individuals were included if they had a hospital episode from 1 January to 31 August 2020 with a primary diagnosis of covid-19 (from the full paper)
- iso1210 6y agoAnd throughout their stay. My father was vaccinated in January, went into hospital after a siezure (not unknown) a in mid febuary, he was tested on arrival, and was negative. Continued to be tested, and by early march (2 weeks after admittance) he tested positive.