COVID-19 Reinfection Is More Common in Older People, Study Says
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COVID-19 Reinfection
Is More Common in Older
People, Study Says.
A study published in medical journal
‘The Lancet’ has found that older people
are more prone to COVID-19 reinfection.
The data used was drawn from Denmark’s
national testing strategy, which saw four million people
tested for COVID-19 over the course of 2020. .
Overall, COVID-19 reinfection was found to
be a rare occurrence in the population.
Only .65 percent of patients
tested positive a second time after
previously being infected during
Denmark’s initial COVID-19 waves. .
However, the study made an alarming discovery
regarding protection against reinfection
among various age groups.
People over 65 years old were found to have
only 46 percent protection against reinfection.
This is in comparison to younger people who
were found to have 80 percent protection. .
Steen Ethelberg of Denmark’s Statens Serum
Institut says the study “makes clear” how important it
is to establish policies that protect the elderly. .
Since older people are also more likely
to experience severe disease symptoms,
and sadly die, our findings make clear
how important it is to implement policies
to protect the elderly during the pandemic, Steen Ethelberg, via Reuters
Is More Common in Older
People, Study Says.
A study published in medical journal
‘The Lancet’ has found that older people
are more prone to COVID-19 reinfection.
The data used was drawn from Denmark’s
national testing strategy, which saw four million people
tested for COVID-19 over the course of 2020. .
Overall, COVID-19 reinfection was found to
be a rare occurrence in the population.
Only .65 percent of patients
tested positive a second time after
previously being infected during
Denmark’s initial COVID-19 waves. .
However, the study made an alarming discovery
regarding protection against reinfection
among various age groups.
People over 65 years old were found to have
only 46 percent protection against reinfection.
This is in comparison to younger people who
were found to have 80 percent protection. .
Steen Ethelberg of Denmark’s Statens Serum
Institut says the study “makes clear” how important it
is to establish policies that protect the elderly. .
Since older people are also more likely
to experience severe disease symptoms,
and sadly die, our findings make clear
how important it is to implement policies
to protect the elderly during the pandemic, Steen Ethelberg, via Reuters