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    1. Pieter Peach‏ @DrPieterPeach Aug 19

      “The age profile for the current outbreak is much younger than we’ve ever seen before. This is a completely different epidemiological pattern than what we’ve seen previously” Ben Cowie, Acting CHO Of the active cases 0-9 yrs 89 10-19 yrs 72 20-39 yrs 120 40-59 yrs 56 >60 yrs 12pic.twitter.com/gHcRqvMlsh

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Aug 19
      Replying to @DrPieterPeach

      Tbh, that's exactly what you'd expect with effective vaccines that have primarily been given to older people

      8:21 PM - 19 Aug 2021
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        1. Nancy Baxter MD PhD‏Verified account @enenbee Aug 19
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          pic.twitter.com/Wu37XB97nD

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        1. Beth D Kicinski‏ @no1historychick Aug 19
          Replying to @GidMK @DrPieterPeach

          Plus, we've put fairly decent mitigations in place for the older Victorians. Still to tackle problems in child care, schools, etc.

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        2. Pieter Peach‏ @DrPieterPeach Aug 19
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          Pieter Peach Retweeted Pieter Peach

          Agree, and not too different from the global experience to date at the beginning of waves. Maybe our RACF outbreaks in VIC skewed previous patterns. In saying that, the 0-9 may be higher this time, or may just reflect higher testing in these brackets.https://twitter.com/DrPieterPeach/status/1315621617922314241 …

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          Pieter Peach @DrPieterPeach
          Will post a collection of age bracket prevalence/positivity heat maps here as I come across them. Most demonstrate the repeated pattern of the 20-30 yr olds driving community transmission, eventually spreading to older and sometimes younger age groups. Will start off in France. https://twitter.com/vincentglad/status/1303243869933404161 …
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        3. Pseudo Science‏ @psuedo_science Aug 19
          Replying to @DrPieterPeach @GidMK

          It would seem that we have vaccinated quite a few under 50.... behavior would have to be part of this? (vaccination from DH population from statistica)pic.twitter.com/5CN4tTaIyI

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        1. Claire Baxter‏ @clarenceb30 Aug 19
          Replying to @GidMK @DrPieterPeach

          Would be interested to see test numbers for each group as well. Older age groups possibly lower exposure as better able to stay home, but curious to know if vaccinated people less likely to present for testing either b/c they don't think they need to or don't have symptoms?

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        1. David Hunter‏ @idmonfish Aug 20
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          And when you combine that with a lockdown where older people are less likely to be the sort of "essential workers" exposed in the course of their employment.

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