<![CDATA[BA.3.2 and children, a look at German hospitalisation incidences (https://github.com/robert-koch-institut/COVID-19-Hospitalisierungen_in_Deutschland/blob/main/%5BDokumentation%5D_COVID-19-Hospitalisierungen_in_Deutschland.pdf):]]>BA.3.2 and children, a look at German hospitalisation incidences (https://github.com/robert-koch-institut/COVID-19-Hospitalisierungen_in_Deutschland/blob/main/%5BDokumentation%5D_COVID-19-Hospitalisierungen_in_Deutschland.pdf😞

At high BA.3.2 fraction, the 0-4 age group had higher hospitalisation incidences than the 60-79.

The 5-14 age group had highest hospitalisation incidences since October 2022.

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Dominik Steiger (@dominiksteiger@swiss.social)

Attached: 2 images Here a non-stacked figure (left), and a look at ratios between 0-4 and 80+ as well as 5-14 and 80+ (right). The suspected BA.3.2 signal is also in the 5-14. I have no explanation for the high 0-4 / 80+ ratio in the low absolute incidence period preceding the wave. Differential testing intensity?

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/1d9c8ca3-1425-43fc-9669-45a92a2ee697/ba.3.2-and-children-a-look-at-german-hospitalisation-incidences-https-github.com-robert-koch-institut-covid-19-hospitalisierungen_in_deutschland-blob-main-5bdokumentation-5d_covid-19-hospitalisierungen_in_deutschland.pdfRSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 16:51:45 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2026 16:32:50 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to BA.3.2 and children, a look at German hospitalisation incidences (https://github.com/robert-koch-institut/COVID-19-Hospitalisierungen_in_Deutschland/blob/main/%5BDokumentation%5D_COVID-19-Hospitalisierungen_in_Deutschland.pdf): on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:34:36 GMT]]>Maybe not: Comparing case-based incidence and hospitalisation incidence, there is no discernible shift! One might have expected one when assuming higher virulence. However, likelihood to appear in case reporting and hosp. incidence might similarly rise with higher virulence. But is that likely?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://swiss.social/users/dominiksteiger/statuses/116364389649071954https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://swiss.social/users/dominiksteiger/statuses/116364389649071954Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:34:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BA.3.2 and children, a look at German hospitalisation incidences (https://github.com/robert-koch-institut/COVID-19-Hospitalisierungen_in_Deutschland/blob/main/%5BDokumentation%5D_COVID-19-Hospitalisierungen_in_Deutschland.pdf): on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:33:33 GMT]]>This in itself is astounding, given how incidences among the elderly have fallen.

Is this pointing to higher virulence in these age groups?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://swiss.social/users/dominiksteiger/statuses/116364385540698532https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://swiss.social/users/dominiksteiger/statuses/116364385540698532Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:33:33 GMT