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The death rate of Omicron increases with age and should not be underestimated, doctors urge not to say that it is a small cold that will not die

2022-01-22T05:50:09.925Z


On November 22, Lin Shibi, an infectious disease doctor at the front desk, talked about the new crown pneumonia epidemic in the UK, analyzed the latest fatality data of the new coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) variant virus strain Omicron, and called on the public to get vaccinated quickly


On November 22, the front desk infectious disease doctor Lin Shibi talked about the new crown pneumonia epidemic in the UK, analyzed the latest fatality data of the new coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) variant virus strain Omicron, and called on the public to get vaccinated quickly, and stop calling it a small cold not dead.


Lin Shibi said that most of the patients diagnosed in the UK in the past month were infected with Omicron, 31.83 million people were diagnosed, 4,739 people died, and the fatality rate was 0.15%; Soared to 1.06%.

He analyzed that looking at people over the age of 60, there were 380,000 confirmed cases and 2,296 deaths, of which 12,395 were completely unvaccinated, and 849 died, with a fatality rate of 6.8%.

42,983 people have completed 2 doses of vaccine, 1,604 people died, the fatality rate is 3.7%; 301,180 people have completed 3 doses of vaccine, 1,447 people died, the fatality rate is 0.48%.

He said there was a 14-fold difference in the fatality rate between those who had received three doses of the vaccine and those who had not been vaccinated at all.

Vaccines are more life-saving for older people.

He said 570,000 people under the age of 18 were infected and only 10 people died, all of whom were among the 410,000 who had not been vaccinated.

Lin Shibi said that the fatality rate should be overestimated, because there are too many mild and asymptomatic undiagnosed cases, but it is also possible to underestimate, because the most vulnerable group of people in the UK have already passed away After a long time, he felt that the numbers were still available for reference.

Lin Shibi emphasized that the UK has survived, but it has also paid a considerable price. The burden of hospitalized patients has reached half of the Alpha virus a year ago, and at least 4,739 people have died, so don't say that Omicron is a small cold. will die.

He also appealed again, "There is still a difference between vaccination in preventing severe death, two doses is good, three doses is better, the difference is more obvious for people over 50 years old, and a third dose is needed. Viruses coexist."

Source: hk1

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