Covid and Kids

Case Rates Increased Among Children Ages 5 to 11; Increasing Vaccinations Among Eligible Children is Most Critical Step to Dramatically Reduce Transmission in School Settings. 38 New Deaths and 2,277 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in LA County. View http://ow.ly/odIp50G2JNN

Not sure how this can be described as 'reassuring' at all. 1 in 7 children having persistent symptoms at 15 weeks with ~34,000 children estimated to be affected (very similar to ONS estimates). Quite shocked by some of the media spin I've seen on this.🧵

I just had a very sobering phone call with Dr. Mark Kline, infectious disease expert, & physician in chief at Children’s Hospital New Orleans. He told me: •18 kids are hospitalized with COVID •9 are under the age of 2 •6 r n ICU •3 are on ventilators, including a 1 month old

Perhaps you should have had real parents at the table answering the tough questions we’re asking! No real dialogue discussing that more children were admitted into hospitals with COVID-19 than at any point since February 12, 2021 source: HHS

2021: 34,000 children in UK suffering from long Covid, ONS survey suggests

COVID-19 Delta variant putting younger children in the ICU, hospital officials say CHRISTUS Health has 4-year-old patient on ventilator, chief medical officer says