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Omicron is not mild and is crushing health care systems worldwide, WHO warns (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Or if you are under 50.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Just looking at deaths is an oversimplification. A lot of people under 50 had to go to hospital with Covid-19 and might have died without care (i.e. if hospitals would have gotten overwhelmed). Also there is a significant number of younger people with long lasting symptoms after recovery and even permanent lung damage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Yes thats what hospitals are for, to treat people when they get sick. Please give statistics for number of people eith permanent lung damage or similar.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Very few people under 50 have to go to hospital with the endemic flu.

I'll try to find the study again about permanent lung damage, but I doubt there are good statistics on that and long covid yet. The real damage will likely only be known a few years after the pandemic.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

The pandemic started two years ago. If there are no statistics about long term effects by now, they cant be that significant. Its more likely that the media makes dramatic stories based on few extreme cases.