Virus experts issue people over 50: "We really have to worry"
The researchers have noticed the increasingly increasing trends.
It's more than two years in the pandemic, and we are stillSee coated numbers Rise in the United StatesThe last week alone, there was a 31% increase in infections and a 17.5% increase in hospitalizations, according to the centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And although the mortality rate has not yet increased during this recent increase, the news on this front is far from comforting. May 12, presidentJoe Biden announced that the United States approached a "tragic stage" during the cocovio pandemic:One million dead. To avoid even more victims, virus experts have a new warning specifically intended for people over 50. Read the rest to discover what doctors and health officials say.
Read this then:Top Virus Expert has just issued this urgent warning to all vaccinated people.
The risk of severe covid is higher once you reach a certain age.
While some people experience few symptoms when they are infected with Covid, everyone is not so lucky. According to the CDC, the elderly are more likely to haveTheir infection becomes severe. "The risk increases for people in their fifties and increased in the 1960s, 70s and 80s," said the agency. "People 85 and over are the most likely to become very sick."AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Once you are 50 years old, you are more likely to need hospitalization, intensive care or a fan to help you breathe if you catch a cocovide. The latest CDC data show that compared to young adults aged 18 to 29, people over 50 are three times more likely to be hospitalized and 25 times more likely to die as aCoronavirus result. Since May 11, more than930,000 coated deaths In the United States, these 50 years and over.
Covated deaths are increasing in older vaccinated people.
Vaccines have contributed to reducing the number of deaths of the coronavirus, the majority of the death -haired deaths occurring in people who are not vaccinated throughout the pandemic. Recently, however, the rate of vaccinated peopleDie revolutionary infections increased, according to a state and federal data analysis ofThe Washington Post. The newspaper said that vaccinated people represented 42% of the total deaths in January and February 2022 when Omicron increased, compared to only 23% in September 2021.
The largest factor in this increase concerning the number of deaths in older vaccinated people. Almost two thirds of people who died during omicron push were 75 and over, perThe Washington Post. And in April, people over 5 are still the majority of deaths. According toThe Washington Post, 34% of the deaths coated at the moment are among the people aged 50 to 75, and 63% are among these 75 years and over. In comparison, people under the age of 50 represent only 3% of the share.
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Experts say that adults over 50 are expected to get boosters.
The majority ofThe increase in vaccinated deaths are among the people who have not obtained a reminder, according toThe Washington Post. In two of the States analyzed - California and Mississippi - Researchers for the newspaper found that three quarters of older vaccinated adults deceased from COVID in January and February had not received any dose of recall.
Research has shown that a third blow can help to decline the immunity from the initial doses of the vaccine, in particular for the benefit of older adults more at risk of the most serious, according to CNN. A CDC study revealed that a reminder was capable ofIncrease the effectiveness of vaccines During the rise of omitron up 90% against hospitalizations linked to COVID, two weeks after the third dose. In comparison, two doses were only 57% effective for those who received their last shot cobed around 6 months ago.
"What we should really worry is to get the boosters we need to stay up to date, so with the new variants we have, we don't haveunnecessary deaths and hospitalizations, "Robert Califf, MD, the Food and Drug Administration Commissioner of the United States (FDA), told CNN. With these up-to-date vaccinations, "almost no one in this country should die from Covid," he added.
But a large number of older adults did not even get their first booster.
Given the decrease in the immunity of vaccines and the impact of boosters, the CDC and the FDA have already authorized a second booster for adults aged 50 and overwho had their last blow At least four months ago. But despite this and the urgent thrust for additional doses, there has been a significant slowdown in the elderly rate who obtain boosters. According to the CDC,more than 32% of the population eligible 65 years and over has still not been stimulated.
"It's a bit disturbing. Since it is theMost risky population, it is exactly the population that should be stimulated, but they do not get it, and I think the reason is that we have made things more difficult than it should be, "David Grabowski, PhD, professor of health policy at the Harvard Medical School, told The Hill.
More than 350,000 elderlyresiding in nursing homes In the United States, the United States has not even received a first dose of Coronavirus booster, according to a recent analysis by the American Association of Retirees (AARP). Among the older populations, the recall coverage "is not where it should be", "Ari Houser, a main method of methods at the Public AARP Policy Institute and co -author of the analysis, said in a statement. In some states, such as Arizona, Florida and Nevada, the first recall rates among residents of nursing homes are only about 55%.
"We know that boosters work. Let us ensure that we put this in as many weapons as possible, especially among those who are most at risk," said Grabowski.
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