ICU capacity is still holding up, but A&E and General Wards are coming under pressure - Printable Version

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ICU capacity is still holding up, but A&E and General Wards are coming under pressure - pinkypanther - 19-09-2021

Ministry of Health, Singaporeput out an important set of data this week.[/font][/color]

It shows that the chance of someone infected with COVID-19 coming down with severe illness, depends a lot on age and vaccination status (there is a third factor, which is whether he/she has underlying illnesses but that is not captured in the data).

For example, from 1 May to 16 Sep 2021, no one fully vaccinated and under the age of 70 had been admitted to ICU or died from COVID-19.

A fully vaccinated person in his/her 70s has better chances of not falling very sick as an unvaccinated person in his/her 30s (0.38% vs 0.84%).

Similarly, a fully vaccinated person in his/her 80s becomes like an unvaccinated person in his/her 40s or 50s (1.79% vs 1.37%/1.94%).


More at https://cutt.ly/cEpYR7U

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RE: ICU capacity is still holding up, but A&E and General Wards are coming under pressure - Huliwang - 19-09-2021

A&E is most important and must not be overloaded to prevent patients in dire need of treatment from getting immediate medical attention like heart attack or car accident victims........

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RE: ICU capacity is still holding up, but A&E and General Wards are coming under pressure - Galilo_l - 19-09-2021

If the panel of xperts had earlier stated cases wud go up in coming weeks they sud forsee a strain on health system... u mean again hindsight n reactive again? 🤦‍♂️

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