Really? There's no large increase in hospitalization in Sweden at all. In the summer there's been a slight uptick in cases in the hospital, but nothing major. The biggest projected risk was that doctors and nurses have a majority of their vacation in summer, and therefore that an increase in cases at the same time could lead to severe problems. It turned out to not end up like that, though.
There's also stress among hospital staff in Sweden, but I believe it's been better the last half year or so.
Regarding post covid health problems I don't think I heard that one in eight get problems, but long term health effects are quite common after severe infections. The difference now, I think, is magnitude and frequency, due to a lot of people getting quite severely ill in a short period of time, and the lung and smell function being a lot more noticeable than other longer term effects after most other infections.
There's also stress among hospital staff in Sweden, but I believe it's been better the last half year or so.
Regarding post covid health problems I don't think I heard that one in eight get problems, but long term health effects are quite common after severe infections. The difference now, I think, is magnitude and frequency, due to a lot of people getting quite severely ill in a short period of time, and the lung and smell function being a lot more noticeable than other longer term effects after most other infections.
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