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Originally Posted by jonbxx
I was wondering this and 1 minute of Googling found this - https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistic...tary-Data.xlsx
That data looks very good! The bulk of admissions are in the 18-54 age group. Considering that this group has the lowest vaccination rate and least likely to be hospitalised amongst adult, this looks like good news. Go back a few months and see how the balance changes - older people were the bulk of admissions |
I too have seen that data, but it's not granular enough, 18-54 is a large group, the bulk of admissions could well be in the 44-54 with much less in the 18 - 30 range. That claim was that "younger" people were being hospitalised unsurprisingly with no supporting data, or a definition of "younger". To be fair that was in response to an equally unsubstantiated claim that younger people were not being hospitalised also not supported by any data.
Case rates may have increased, especially in the North West, in the "younger" population and have dramatically reduced in the older population but have a guess who's going to hospital? (data week 23 of 2021)
https://assets.publishing.service.go...report_w23.pdf
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By PHE centre, the highest hospital admission rate for COVID-19 was observed in the North West. By age groups, the highest hospital admission rate for confirmed COVID-19 was in the 85+ year olds.
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By PHE Centre, the highest ICU/HDU admission rates for COVID-19 were observed in London. By age groups, the highest ICU/HDU admission rates for COVID-19 were
observed in the 75 to 84-year olds
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COVID continues to be a disease that affects the elderly and those with pre-existing conditions. If there are "younger" people being admitted to hospital the % certainly in the under 25s will be so small as not to register in any meaningful statistic.