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But that's exactly what happened with children's hospitalizations in Alberta, Canada, for example, where by the end of 2024, they returned to the expected levels. In Alberta, children's hospitalizations were already higher than expected in 2022, but in Norway, they were higher than in 2020 and...

The best evidence showing that long covid symptoms in general are significantly more common in middle-aged adults than in young adults or children is probably the ONS survey...

Based on the figure from the study, respiratory infections excluding covid were lower than expected in 2020 and 2021, and higher than the pre-pandemic baseline in 2023 and 2024. Overall, from 2020 to 2024, there were no excess consultations for respiratory infections. The study doesn't provide a...

I noticed that the authors didn't adjust average numbers for total cohorts by age, although they provided separate averages for different age groups. Interestingly, they found no difference for the 18-40 cohort. The second thing I noticed is a huge difference in the cardiovascular patient...

I seriously doubt that most people from that cohort stayed uninfected for two years, especially when covid prevalence was higher than in any other period of the pandemic. They are likely comparing two groups both of which mainly include participants who had covid instead of covid vs no covid.

Why? This data is pretty consistent with REACT estimates where 2.83% of people reported persistent covid symptoms during the omicron period, 2/3 reported mild fatigue, and 1/3 had shortness of breath. In the ONS survey, 4% of adults reported post-covid symptoms after the first omicron infection...