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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
^ do we have similar age stats available for hospitalizations?
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I don't think Alberta breaks down hospitalization by age over time, so not really. But the hospitalization rate by age has remained pretty steady, so you can sort of infer that from the case numbers.
That's not to say that 20-39 year olds aren't still making up the bulk of the cases (their % of cases is nearly double their share of the population), but the hospital burden is so disparate that that's not really the significant risk at this point.
The UK for instance has a lower uptake among U40 for vaccination than Alberta (largely due to rollout, I expect it'll end up higher) and they haven't even really started vaccinating anyone under 18, but because they have such high vaccination numbers in their at-risk population, they're doing fine even though they're seeing a lot of spread. They got up to the equivalent of 3K cases per day for Alberta's population (about 4x Alberta's current level), yet because they have ~95% of 50+ year olds fully vaccinated, their hospitalization numbers peaked at the equivalent of 400 patients for Alberta's population, which is a level that Alberta is probably already set to hit once you allow for a week's lag from the current case levels.