Only 46 people under the age of 50 have died in Denmark as a result of corona infection since the pandemic started in early 2020, compared with 101 people in the 50s, 282 in the 60s and 2,833 over the age of 70.
The 70+ brigade has done a good job of avoiding infection. Fewer have received corona than people in their 60s: just shy of 46,000 compared to almost 55,000.
After all, the authorities have given priority to helping them. Among the first to be vaccinated in January last year, they were the first to get the boosters this fall.
But the news that the booster is losing most of its effectiveness in averting the omicron strain after three months will be worrying.
And now the statistics confirm that the infection rate in the country’s nursing homes is sky high.
Rising death rate
In week 52, the last seven days of 2021, there were 596 new cases against 193 in week 51, according to the Statens Serum Institut.
Despite a high booster acceptance rate of 92 percent among those over 85, it appears that vaccination is failing many older people – just as it is in the rest of society.
The failure helps to explain why the death rate seems to be rising. Yesterday afternoon, it was confirmed that 15 people in Denmark had died during the previous 24 hours.
Since the start of the pandemic, 1,056 residents in nursing homes have died as a result of the corona – out of a total of 3,307, ie roughly a third.
About 40,000 people live in nursing homes in Denmark.
Zero percent
According to Tyra Grove Krause, head of the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention of Infectious Diseases at SSI, the third plug improves the recipient’s odds of not contracting omicron by 54 percent.
However, this protection decreases to close to zero percent by the end of the third month, although it will ensure that the patient does not suffer as much as someone who has not been vaccinated.
Source: The Nordic Page