Thread by @DrEricDing

Brazil’s largest health nonprofit warns—pandemic is getting younger in Brazil. @fiocruz_en says 🇧🇷 is facing health system collapse & the #P1 pandemic is now affecting younger age groups: 30 to 39 years old, 40 to 49, and 50 to 59 more than ever. #COVID19
portal.fiocruz.br/en/news/fiocru…

2) “The Bulletin points to the fact that the pandemic is gaining a new face in Brazil: it is now rejuvenated. The study shows there has been a significant increase in the rate of Covid-19 cases in the age groups 30-39, 40-49, and 50-59, as observed in the first months of 2021.

3) “the concentration of cases is shifting to younger ages.
The researchers emphasize that since the beginning of the second wave, on the 46th epidemiological week (between 8 to 14 November 2020), health services have been seeing more young people with symptoms.

4) “This increase was higher than what has been observed for other age groups. The investigation draws attention to the shift of incidence rates to the younger age groups and to the maintenance of mortality concentrated on higher age groups.

5) this “has been contributing to the critical scenario regarding the occupation of hospital beds. As this population is less afflicted by comorbidities, therefore having a slower evolution of serious & fatal cases—these patients frequently **remain more days in intensive care**.

6) “The data presented in the Bulletin show that when the first epidemiological week of 2021 and the 10th epidemiological week (7 to 13 March) are compared, the absolute increase in cases has been 316.88%.

7) “However, when the age groups 30-39, 40-49 & 50-59 years old are analyzed, researchers observed an increase of 565%, 626%, and 526% respectively, suggesting a shift to younger age groups.

8) for hospitals: The age group from 30 to 39 years old had an increase of 352.62%. There has been an increase of 419.23% for the age group between 40 and 49 and of 317.08% for the group between 50 and 59.

9) We are also seeing this pattern in many other countries including the Us in Michigan.

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