Noch eine Grafik zur Grippewelle (inkl. grippale Infekte) in Wien.
Die Zahl an Influenza und grippalen Infekten in Wien bleibt auf einem anhaltend hohen Niveau von über 30.000 pro Woche, steigt aber nicht mehr.
Zur besseren Einschätzung, was sich derzeit in den Spitälern abspielt: Der Höchstwert 2016/17 in der bisher schlimmsten Grippesaison seit Beginn der Messungen lag bei 19.000, und es gab kein zusätzliches COVID.
Damals waren die Medien voll mit Berichten über die kollabierende Versorgung.
The NHS is struggling to cope with the “twindemic” of covid and flu, as the number of patients in hospital with flu rose by 80% in a week, the latest data from NHS England show.1 The average number of patients admitted to hospital with flu each day rose from 2088 to 3746 between the second and third weeks of December, while the average number of flu patients in critical care rose from 149 to 267. This is a big rise in comparison with the same time last year (week ending 26 December 2021), when just 34 patients were in hospital with flu, two of whom were in critical care. Bed occupancy is much higher too, with more than 93% of beds filled, compared with 86% in the same period last year. …
England in grip of ‘twindemic’ of flu and Covid, warns top doctor
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https://www.ft.com/content/fec134a9-45fe-4dbe-8ac1-06127a856504
Wolfgang Hagen
Giuseppe Michieli
Michael Carty