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Old 19-10-2021, 23:04   #7674
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Re: Coronavirus

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
Presumably there is a degree of accumulation with hospital admissions - people don't stay for a fixed period of time so even if hospital admissions flatlined (they haven't) then the number of Covid patients hospitalised would increase over time.
There is and a single admission staying in for 6 months is clearly worse (more so cumulatively) than milder admissions who are discharged after a day or two of oxygen; even if the latter number is much higher.


Again, a situation where looking behind the figures gives the real answer.
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