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A study from France showed that the in-hospital mortality is only higher than the common flu for the elderly.<ref>https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30527-0/fulltext</ref> | A study from France showed that the in-hospital mortality is only higher than the common flu for the elderly.<ref>https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30527-0/fulltext</ref> | ||
Relatively high hospitalization rates among young adults (especially in the second wave) are likely due to the elderly being now better protected than the young.<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7875012/</ref> | Relatively high hospitalization rates among young adults (especially in the second wave) are likely due to the elderly being now better protected than the young.<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7875012/</ref> | ||
The hospitalized have a harsher and longer course of the disease compared to the flu, but not substantially so.<ref>https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-85081-0</ref> | |||
=== Infecting everyone instead of lockdown === | === Infecting everyone instead of lockdown === | ||