COVID-19: 40% of serious cases are younger than 60 – this is why

According to a report released by the Coronavirus Knowledge and Information Center on Sunday, there is a very disturbing increase in severe cases of COVID-19 among young people. said. “There is an increase in the number of patients in serious condition among younger groups, which last week accounted for about 40% of the new serious cases.” According to data from the Ministry of Health, almost 75% of the people diagnosed during the weekend were younger than 40 years old. , while only about 7% were older than 60. On Sunday morning, 1,008 people were considered in a serious condition, a slight increase from the previous day, when 973 people were in a serious condition. Of the serious cases, 38% were under the age of 60 Last week, only about 34% of the cases were younger people. At the peak of the third wave, around January 20, it was only 26%. This is a 53% increase in the number of serious cases under the age of 60 in the last month. According to Cyrille Cohen, the cause, head of the immunotherapy laboratory at Bar-Ilan University, is twofold. On the one hand, the more the older population is protected by the vaccine, it is inherent that the younger, less protected population will contract the virus and thus be the relatively dominant population in the hospitals.

“The more cases, the greater the chance that a percentage of people will end up in hospital – children, pregnant women and people under the age of 40 in general,” Cohen said. On the other hand, it is beginning to be understood that the British variant is not only more contagious, but probably also more deadly. The British variant has become the dominant tribe in the country, according to the Knowledge Center report. ‘The strain is known to be much more contagious compared to previous strains,’ ‘the report reads,’ and according to new studies in the UK, it is also more deadly by between 30% and 70% compared to the original virus strain. “Prof. Galia Rahav, head of the unit for infectious diseases and laboratories at the Sheba Medical Center, told The Jerusalem Post that genetic sequencing of pregnant women in a serious condition showed that the majority were infected by the British mutation There were 55 patients in a serious condition, including 13 in the coronavirus monitoring unit run by Dr. Yael Haviv Hadid, who told the Post that five of these patients are being treated on ECMO machines – “Everyone is under the age of 54. In addition, there were five people intubating – all under the age of 55.” We see young patients much more seriously than we have seen in the past with young people, “Haviv Hadid said. She emphasizes that the “optimism of the politicians” has been misplaced and that although the total number of serious patients is declining, the struggle for the life of a 45-year-old is more “extreme” and “more difficult” than when the person is older. “We are fighting hard for everyone,” she said. “But a 45-year-old man at ECMO – this is a very difficult situation.” It should be noted that the data so far show that the mortality rate of people under the age of 19 is low. According to data presented by the Ministry of Health on Sunday morning, so far only eight people under the age of 20 have died. Twenty-two people died between the ages of 20 and 29 and 104 between the ages of 30 and 49. So far, there have been 570,680 patients under the age of 50, meaning that only 0.02% of the young people who are infected, died. Rahav explained that although these people do not die, they experience a higher and growing percentage of what are known as post-coronavirus symptoms, which can range from fatigue and shortness of breath to rapid or beating heartbeat or memory, concentration or sleep problems. Some people experience chest pain and headaches. A report from the Mayo Clinic showed that imaging tests taken months after COVID-19 repair showed permanent damage to the heart muscle and lungs. ‘ COVID-19 can cause strokes even in young people. seizures and Guillain-Barre syndrome – a condition that causes temporary paralysis, ‘the Mayor Clinic explained on its website. “COVID-19 may also increase the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease.” “Do not think that corona is over for these young people,” Rahav emphasized. “They had corona and it got better, but now they have all sorts of other problems.” Rahav said the hope is that soon children between the ages of 12 and 16 can be vaccinated, which will help protect them and ensure the country achieves herd immunity. Oxford University announced over the weekend that it will launch a new study involving 300 child volunteers between the ages of six and 17 to determine if its vaccine works in children. Haviv Hadid has tentatively said that all are 16 and 16 years old. older people should take advantage of Israel’s Pfizer vaccination campaign and get the chance. “If young people are vaccinated, it will be great,” she said. “If not, they should at least wear masks and social distance for those who are not going to be vaccinated.” People need to take responsibility for themselves, “she continued. She said she sees that too many young people in all sectors are not getting vaccinated and not being careful, adding that if the government makes a decision to open up too quickly Israel will quickly be back where it started. “I do not understand why people do not care,” she added. “Why is an entire country frozen because people do not think they are part of the national mission? “It’s haredim, Arabs, the people on the beach in Tel Aviv. Eventually everyone will get sick.” “We are fighting today for the lives of young patients aged 44, 46, 47 and 50 who deteriorated over the weekend,” said prof. “The pressure to open everything will bring us to a fourth closure,” said Ze’ev Feldman, director of the pediatric department, neurosurgery at Sheba and chairman of the World Fellowship of the Israeli Medical Association. The health care system and the medical staff are still being pushed to the limit stretch. You must stand still and listen to the Ministry of Health and act responsibly. ‘