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Different groups or areas may experience different levels of infection rates, mortality rates, transmission dynamics, and health outcomes. nature.com/articles/s4146β¦
2) This heterogeneity refers to the variation or diversity in the impact, spread, and severity of the disease across different populations, regions, or individuals. It is influenced by various factors such as population demographics, healthcare infrastructure ...
3) ...socioeconomic conditions, access to healthcare, public health measures, and individual behaviors.
Pandemics involve complex interactions between biological, social, economic, and environmental factors.
Let's avoid excessive simplifications !
4) This new study analyzed excess mortality in 569 regions across 25 European nations during COVID-19 pandemic years 2020-2021. Highest excess deaths in 2020 occurred in northern Italy, Spain, Poland while 2021 saw East-West gradient with Slovakia, Hungary, Latvia hardest hit.
5) Only 7 regions had gains in 2020, 4 in 2021, vs losses in 362 regions in 2020 and 440 in 2021. 82 regions had over 20 years life lost per 1000 people in 2021, up from just 8 in 2020. Spatial analysis revealed shifting geographical patterns over the two years of the crisis.
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