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COVID-19 risk and mortality in hospitals: this is not a time to let our guard down
  1. Jemima T Collins1,
  2. Ben Carter2,
  3. Jonathan Hewitt3
  1. 1 Geriatric Medicine, University Hospital of Wales Cardiff, Cardiff, UK
  2. 2 Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
  3. 3 Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Jemima T Collins, Geriatric Medicine, University Hospital of Wales Cardiff, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK; jemimacollins{at}doctors.org.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-217661

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    • Contributors JC drafted the article, which all other authors edited. JC was responsible for submission.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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