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by thebruce87m 2053 days ago
In my country (Scotland) hospitalisations really start increasing in the 45+ age bracket: https://www.travellingtabby.com/scotland-coronavirus-tracker...

Scroll down to “Hospital Admissions by Age Group”

Sure, it’s mostly old people who die (my parents age group actually) but I’m not sure how you tackle the problem of overflowing hospitals.

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Overflowing hospitals happens to our beloved NHS every winter.
Indeed we do get seasonal spikes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/health-54802090

“He said flu and other winter conditions usually brought in 3,000 extra people to hospitals but there were already more than 10,000 coronavirus patients in England even before winter pressures had arrived.”