Covid-19 is five times deadlier than the flu for people hospitalized with either disease, studies have already found

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Publish Date : 2021-01-09 16:15:52

Death rates in hospitals are declining, but remain “very high”
A bit of good news: Physicians are learning better tactics and treatments, improving survival rates of Covid patients admitted to hospitals, according to a new study in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. But there’s a catch: Survival rates worsen when hospitals become overloaded, as many now are.

Covid-19 is five times deadlier than the flu for people hospitalized with either disease, studies have already found. The new research involving 38,517 patients admitted to 955 U.S. hospitals through June found death rates ranged from 16% in the worst situations to 9% in the best, and in general, improved as caseloads went down in May and June. “The factor most strongly associated with outcomes or their improvement, based on our data, was how much Covid-19 spread there was in the hospital’s surrounding community,” says lead researcher David Asch, MD, a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

“Covid-19 outcomes in U.S. hospitals have improved remarkably, and remarkably fast,” says study team member Natalie Sheils, PhD, a research scientist at UnitedHealth Group. “But a death rate of more than 9% among hospitalized patients is still very high, and Covid-19 remains a very dangerous disease.”

Covid symptoms last at least six months for some people
Covid-19 is having long-term effects on the brains and bodies of some survivors. A new survey of 3,762 people in 56 countries thought to have long-term symptoms, so-called long-haulers, finds dozens of persisting agonies even six months after contracting the disease, either on an ongoing basis or in relapses.

The most common long-haul symptoms, both for those who deal with them for a few weeks and those suffering for months: fatigue, malaise, and cognitive dysfunction (including memory and concentration problems).

The online, self-selecting survey results have not yet been peer-reviewed, but the indications confirm previous research and anecdotal reports of the emerging problem whose ultimate timeline remains unknown.

Another recent study found that 9% of people discharged from hospitals after surviving Covid-19 between March and July were later readmitted, and 1.6% were readmitted more than once.

Masks work, new research confirms, but…
False contentions that rising Covid cases prove masks don’t work fail to acknowledge what science has shown: If the majority of people had not been respectful of the need to mask up, the U.S. caseload and death toll would be even higher.

A new review of more than 100 studies finds “masks and face coverings worn by members of the public reduce the spread of respiratory viral infections including SARS-CoV-2.” The authors, writing in the Annals of Internal Medicine, note that a little goes a long way, given how each Covid infection tends to beget more than one additional case. “Even small reductions in the transmission rate can lead to large reductions in the number of people becoming infected over time,” they write.

The coronavirus is known to be airborne, and other recent research has concluded that masks protect both the wearer and others. But masks are not perfect, and distancing of six feet (and ideally more in many settings, experts say) remains crucial, another new study confirms. “A mask definitely helps, but if the people are very close to each other, there is still a chance of spreading or contracting the virus,” says Krishna Kota, PhD, an associate professor at New Mexico State University and one of the article’s authors. “It’s not just masks that will help. It’s both the masks and distancing.”

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