SUMMARY
Introduction: COVID-19 virus disease specific mortality variant throughout all continents between 3 and 15 percent, depending on virus subtype and age, social and health status of the affected population. Groups at risk were seniors after 70, low socioeconomic groups, unvaccinated and groups with no access to health care, elderly and mental facilities residents, homeless and orphan facilities.
Method and results: We have analyzed three cohorts of 702 homeless from clients from, Slovakia, Poland, Czech republic, Ukraine, Moldova, Serbia and found unexpectedly low specific mortality, probably due to isolation of those full-board centers from neighboring large towns in to life islands and few social contacts of this risk population during 2 wave because of church and social daycare centers closure.
Conclusion: In conclusion, life island quarantine model powered by vaccination may decrease even more COVID-19 related mortality in expected winter or spring waves.
Key words: COVID, homelessness, health care, social daycare centers.
Lek Obz, 2021, 70 (12): 490-492
Jozef MIKLOSKO 1,2, Rastislav HOCHMAN 2,3, Peter GOMBITA 1,2, Vladimír MASZLAK 1,2, Vladimir KRCMERY 2, Pavel CZARNECKI 1,2, Anna PAVLOVICOVA 2, Monika BOSNAKOVA 2, Veronika SLADECKOVA 2, Robert KOVAC 2, Marta TAZIAROVA 2, Pavol ZEMKO 2, Alena MATEJOVA 2, Jaroslava DRGOVA 2, Ladislav ROMAN 2,3, Tibor ROMAN 2,3, Lesley BUCKO 2,4, Emilia VRANKOVA 3,4, Michal VALACH 2, Gabriela MAGYAROVA 3, Jozef BOZIK 2, Michal BERNADIC, Jr. 2, Jozef MATULNIK 2, Joana TRILISINSKAJA 2,4, Natasa BUJDOVA 2,4
1 Dept of Social sciences, Sociology, Psychology, Humanum College,Warszaw, Poland
2 Program for Homeless And Orphans, Day Centre in Bratislava, and DePaul Centre Mea Culpa, Jarna, Dolna Krupa, St. John Paul College, St. Elizabeth University, Slovak Medicine University, Medical School Commenius University, National Oncological Institute Bratislava, Student initiative and St. Lesley College, Depts at Jarna, Dolna Krupa, Bratislava, Partizanske, Žilina, Trstena, Piešany, Dunajská Streda, Prešov, and St. Lesley College Nové Zámky, Slovakia
3 St. John Neumann Institute SEU Pibram and Jan Huss Institute Prague, Czech Rep
4 Veterans Admin Health SEU, Social work program, Horlivka, Ukraine
Cite:
MIKLOSKO J., HOCHMAN R., GOMBITA P. et al: Unexpected low mortality on COVID-19 in homeless during spring wave 2021. Lek Obz, 2021, 70 (12): 490-492
