Anecdotally, I have 2 friends who are doctors in the kommun and both said the hospitals are short staffed, beds are filling up and they're seeing much more of the RSV/flu/Covid mix coming to the ER from people that are not in the listed "at risk groups". This matches what my best friends wife, who is a pulmonologist in the US, is saying.
Sweeden seems to be recommending further boosters to 65+. For those under 65, if you fall in certain categories.
People aged 18–64 who are medically at-risk due to:
- chronic cardiovascular disease, including stroke and high blood pressure (hypertension)
- chronic lung disease such as COPD, and brittle asthma
- other conditions that impair lung function or the ability to cough and clear mucus (for example, extreme obesity, neuromuscular disorders or multiple disabilities)
- chronic liver and kidney failure
- diabetes types 1 and 2
- conditions that severely weaken the immune system as a result of illness or treatment
- Down’s syndrome
- those who are pregnant with pregnancy-related risk factors such as being older than 35, high blood pressure (hypertension), diabetes, a BMI over 30 or other factor following individual assessment.
Same for Canada RSV especially but also influenza. I'm not sure about covid. And beds filling with those is bad since that doesn't even include the usual emergencies heart attack, cancer, car crash, births.
The provincial and federal governments here encourage all to get the bivalent vaccine.
"National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) continues to recommend that bivalent Omicron-containing mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are the preferred booster products for the authorized age groups. (Strong NACI recommendation)"
krn1p4n1c|3 years ago
Anecdotally, I have 2 friends who are doctors in the kommun and both said the hospitals are short staffed, beds are filling up and they're seeing much more of the RSV/flu/Covid mix coming to the ER from people that are not in the listed "at risk groups". This matches what my best friends wife, who is a pulmonologist in the US, is saying.
sfusato|3 years ago
People aged 18–64 who are medically at-risk due to:
- chronic cardiovascular disease, including stroke and high blood pressure (hypertension)
- chronic lung disease such as COPD, and brittle asthma
- other conditions that impair lung function or the ability to cough and clear mucus (for example, extreme obesity, neuromuscular disorders or multiple disabilities)
- chronic liver and kidney failure
- diabetes types 1 and 2
- conditions that severely weaken the immune system as a result of illness or treatment
- Down’s syndrome
- those who are pregnant with pregnancy-related risk factors such as being older than 35, high blood pressure (hypertension), diabetes, a BMI over 30 or other factor following individual assessment.
English link: https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/the-public-health-agency...
dghughes|3 years ago
The provincial and federal governments here encourage all to get the bivalent vaccine.
"National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) continues to recommend that bivalent Omicron-containing mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are the preferred booster products for the authorized age groups. (Strong NACI recommendation)"