> In New York City, Boston and Chicago — cities with some of the country’s earliest Omicron surges — **deaths have followed cases at a *slightly* reduced scale than in previous peaks.** Βut because of the extraordinarily high case count, even a proportionally lower death toll from the current case curve in the United States could be devastating.
> Even so, the number of Covid-19 patients who need intensive care or mechanical ventilation is approaching levels not seen since last winter. And the sheer number of patients is overwhelming to hospitals, where staffing shortages are putting healthcare workers under immense strain.
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> Since vaccines became available, those who are vaccinated have been far less likely to be hospitalized with severe Covid-19 than those who are unvaccinated. *Early data from New York City shows that the vaccination gap in hospitalizations became even wider during the first weeks of the city’s Omicron surge.*
Tldr; Οι θάνατοι λοιπόν αυξάνονται σχεδόν στον αναμενόμενο Ρυθμό των προηγούμενων μεταλλάξεων
Νομίζω είναι ώρα να τελειώνουμε με το παραμυθακι ότι η όμικρον είναι “κρυολόγημα”.
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Μια πολύ πιο προσεγμένη ανάλυση απ’την New York Times διαφωνεί.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/01/09/us/omicron-cities-cases-hospitals.html
> In New York City, Boston and Chicago — cities with some of the country’s earliest Omicron surges — **deaths have followed cases at a *slightly* reduced scale than in previous peaks.** Βut because of the extraordinarily high case count, even a proportionally lower death toll from the current case curve in the United States could be devastating.
> Even so, the number of Covid-19 patients who need intensive care or mechanical ventilation is approaching levels not seen since last winter. And the sheer number of patients is overwhelming to hospitals, where staffing shortages are putting healthcare workers under immense strain.
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> Since vaccines became available, those who are vaccinated have been far less likely to be hospitalized with severe Covid-19 than those who are unvaccinated. *Early data from New York City shows that the vaccination gap in hospitalizations became even wider during the first weeks of the city’s Omicron surge.*
Tldr; Οι θάνατοι λοιπόν αυξάνονται σχεδόν στον αναμενόμενο Ρυθμό των προηγούμενων μεταλλάξεων
Νομίζω είναι ώρα να τελειώνουμε με το παραμυθακι ότι η όμικρον είναι “κρυολόγημα”.