CPS sees 1st week spike in COVID cases, doctors worry lax guidelines contributing
Chicago Public Schools saw an increase in COVID cases in the first week of school after the CDC relaxed guidelines. Low vaccination rates don't help. August 2022
Neurological and psychiatric risk trajectories after SARS-CoV-2 infection: an analysis of 2-year retrospective cohort studies including 1 284 437 patients
Children who got COVID-19 had increased risks of cognitive deficit, insomnia, intracranial haemorrhage, ischaemic stroke, nerve root & plexus disorders, psychotic disorders, and epilepsy or seizures (HRs: 1·20 to 2·16)."
COVID-19 is not flu, certainly.
SARS CoV-2 detected in neonatal stool remote from maternal COVID-19 during pregnancy
Despite negative SARS CoV-2 nasal PCRs from all newborns, viral RNAs and Spike protein were detected in the stool of 11 out of 14 newborns as early as the first day of life and increased over time in 6.
David Steadson #NAFO 🇦🇺🇸🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺🌍 on Twitter
6yr old son First day of High School Day 594 of Long Covid
He came home and virtually collapsed. He felt like someone was sitting on his chest and he was suffocating. Pulse was >110, smartwatch shows it >160 during the school day.
He'll be home for day two.💔 #longcovidkids
COVID Data Tracker
The CDC covid tracker was reporting 1,742 pediatric covid deaths a week ago and is now reporting 1,933 deaths today August 23, 2022
Gregory Travis. Make schools #DavosSafe on Twitter
Thread Pediatric deaths from COVID are exploding, again
In the 0-17 age a staggering nine (9) children a day are now dying of COVID
If sustained: 3,000+ a year
Three (3) a day in the 0-4 age range. 1,000 a year if sustained
@EArceneaux3
@EvanBlake17
@BenjaminMateus7 @JHowardBrainMD
COVID-19 Can Severely Damage Your Kids’ Brain: Symptoms To Look Out For | TheHealthSite.com
"Covid-19 can severely damage your child's brain.
The research identifies a wide spectrum of neurological complications in children and suggests they may be more common than in adults admitted with Covid-19."
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How COVID-19 Can Affect Your Child's Brain
"How COVID-19 Can Affect Your Child's Brain
Some children develop neurological symptoms from COVID-19, including brain fog, memory issues, headaches, and trouble concentrating. We spoke with pediatric neurologists to learn more..."
Mike Hoerger, PhD MSCR MBA on Twitter
New @TheLancetPsych study of 1.5 million people shows #COVID increases risk of cognitive decline, dementia, epilepsy, & psychosis.
Most striking finding, to me, is that it documents the serious outcomes in kids. #LongCOVID https://thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(22)00260-7/fulltext
Almost 20% of children treated by Hong Kong public hospital doctor during fifth wave suffered from long Covid - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Almost 20% of children treated by Hong Kong public hospital doctor during fifth wave suffered from long Covid
Swaggering Toward Bethlehem on Twitter
Thread on school closures due to Covid August 2022 "A school in the Calaveras Unified School District closed over a COVID-19 outbreak resulting in low attendance from both students & staff. ~25% of students & 50% of staff were absent Wed prompting the district to cancel school for the rest of the wk."
Covid outbreak closes mannsville schools
COVID outbreak closes Mannsville school August 2022 "The school serves ~100 PK-8th grade students; ~20% were out with coronavirus symptoms as of last Thursday, and that number continued to increase. 'We are a small staff, but half of my staff members tested positive over the weekend'" Price-Kelty told KTEN.
Healthy baby was left brain damaged after contracting Covid
Healthy baby was left brain damaged after contracting Covid
A COVID-Free School? Here’s How
Thread One school has been 100% Covid-free with 0 learning loss: Good masks indoors, zero 'mask breaks,' everyone eats outdoors even in bad weather, every room has a HEPA or CR-box and CO2 monitor, at 650 windows open, and at 800 students vacate the room.
Gregory Travis. Make schools #DavosSafe on Twitter
Thread According to the CDC's review of death certificates 436 children aged from 0-4 years of age have had COVID listed as a contributor to their death
How does that compare to other diseases?
Roland Baker on Twitter
Thread JAMA: Examination of SARS-CoV-2 In-Class Transmission at a Large Urban University With Public Health Mandates Using Epidemiological and Genomic Methodology - excellent study because it confirms transmission with sequencing - only 9 in class transmissions.
SARS-CoV-2 In-Class Transmission at a Large Urban University With Public Health Mandates
Examination of SARS-CoV-2 In-Class Transmission at a Large Urban University With Public Health Mandates Using Epidemiological and Genomic Methodology
Tyler Black, MD on Twitter
Thread POST-COVID & Kids🚨
New @CDCgov report showing quite clearly that children are at significantly more risk for life-threatening diagnoses after COVID infection. Very convincing evidence that prevention of COVID-19 in children is very important to reduce childhood mortality.
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Omicron better at invading young noses than other variants; smell loss may predict memory issues | Inquirer News
Brain damage after even mild Covid in kids: Omicron is much better at invading children's noses, predicts memory issues. "Severity of smell dysfunction after infection may be a better predictor of long-term cognitive impairment than severity of COVID-19"
NIH COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines on Twitter
We provide an overview of some of the clinical manifestations of #COVID19 in critically ill children and discuss what clinicians need to know when caring for these patients: http://go.usa.gov/xSxyQ
Baby believed to have COVID-19 dies waiting in Victorian emergency department
Baby believed to have COVID-19 dies waiting in Victorian emergency department July 2022
Christina Virgil on Twitter
Many physicians are reporting a huge uptick in pediatric appendicitis. Many of these children are asymptomatic Covid + Parents here are the signs/symptoms.
wsbgnl on Twitter
Thread on kids Covid deaths Five weeks later the CDC tracker now reports 1,656 pediatric covid deaths https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#demographics
Data cover-up deepens as at least 3 children die of COVID every day in the US
Data cover-up deepens as at least 3 children die of COVID every day in the US From July 2022
Last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics announced that it would discontinue publishing child hospitalization and mortality in its weekly “Children & COVID-19” report.
Long Covid Kids - #LongCovidKids on Twitter
Minimising the experience of children living with #LongCovid has an ongoing impact on those suffering.
"This is Daniel. He is 16 - LC for 16 months. Due to ongoing stomach pains, he is scared of eating & now has an eating disorder too, skin & bone"
#LongCovidKids #ChildHealth
Pediatric COVID-19 cases rising for 1st time since May
Last week, nearly 76,000 children tested positive for the virus, up from the 63,000 pediatric cases reported the week prior, according to a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association." From July 2022
Long COVID symptoms in SARS-CoV-2-positive children aged 0–14 years and matched controls in Denmark (LongCOVIDKidsDK): a national, cross-sectional study
The World's Largest Study On Long COVID-19 In Infants & Toddlers:
“40% of children under the age of 3 continued to suffer from certain symptoms two months after they were infected”
Long COVID may be behind mysterious liver disease in kids, Israeli study says
“A laundry list of different tests, including genetic mapping and liver biopsies, have found the only thread connecting all cases to be a recent coronavirus infection”
Channel 5 News on Twitter
A huge study carried out on children aged 14 and under has found Covid symptoms can last longer than two months - and they did for 46% of the kids they looked at.
@Ruth5News has been to meet one boy whose life has been crippled by the virus.
Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston 🌬️🔅#COV1DisAirborne on Twitter
Thread the COVID-19 infected children were 2.5x more likely to have elevated levels of enzymes that indicate liver damage, and 3.3x more likely to have elevated bilirubin, a pigment in red blood cells normally processed by the liver. That can be sign of diminished liver function."