Our region did a remarkable job expanding 🏥 capacity in 2020. Colombia, Panama, and the Dominican Republic 2️⃣x the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In 🇧🇷, mortality rates have doubled among those younger than 39, quadrupled among those in their 40s, and tripled f… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Adults of all ages – including young people – are becoming seriously ill 🤒. Many of them are dying.
In Brazil 🇧🇷, the highest jumps in hospitalizations have been among people in their 40s. In some areas of the U.S.,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Over the last few months, 🏥 rates among those under 39 increased by more than 70% in Chile 🇨🇱
But look around intensive care units across our region today, you’ll see they’re filled not only with elderly 🧓🏽 pa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
These trends created a false sense of security among younger 👩🏽🦱👨🏻 populations, who, while fearful of the 🦠, weren… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
For much of the pandemic, our hospitals 🏥 were filled with 👵🏾👴🏿 elderly COVID patients, many of whom had pre-existi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
It’s an eerily familiar picture – but one thing does look different now: the patients themselves.
Despite all we learned about this 🦠 in a year, our control efforts are not as strict, and prevention is not as effi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
