HUGE RISE IN hospital admission in children in π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ.
π3 age groups each showing the highest level of hospital admissions in the whole pandemic
π All moving βοΈ - a result of the huge number of cases we had over the last month. @Parents_Utd@dgurdasani1@SafeEdForAll_UK
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Age 12-17 -> 5 times the previous peak in Feb
Age 5-11 -> 3 times the previous peak in Feb
All increasing at a very fast rate.
Zooming in on the more recent time starting from 3 admissions in May we are now at 42 admissions between 2-17
3/ Now putting all the age groups together including the 0-1 age group we have the highest number of admissions (3 weeks rolling) in the whole pandemic in π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ. @dgurdasani1@Parents_Utd@chrischirp
πIn the UK "Mild Omicron" has been killing more than 1700/wk most of January much higher than the more "severe Delta".
Death has come down but still above 1000/wk > delta death since Jul
In the US it is worse due to lower vaccination rate
killing more than 16,000/wk
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UK and US are the countries I am most familiar with, but many other countries with relatively high vaccination rates have not fared too well against "mild omicron"
Canada here, almost 3 x peak compared to the Sept/Nov delta peak
It's not rocket science:
'allow mixing in an indoor crowded setting without any mitigation' - airborne virus will find its way an infect more individuals
π§΅Today both BBC and Skynews was bragging about the UK strategy of opening up early on 19th of July resulting in a relatively better situation than Germany, Netherlands and Austria - but at what cost?
Look at the cumulative death rate @Parents_Utd@SafeEdForAll_UK@dgurdasani1
Since 19th July
UK had over 15,000 deaths,
whereas Germany had 7000 deaths
and Netherlands and Australia had around 1200 deaths each