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
I am very, very tired and I can't keep having this conversation so I'm just warning you now that once I post this thread I'm muting it because self-care.
COVID in kids is a big deal and it is a serious public health problem.
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In April 2020, our empirical analysis of early #COVID19 data from China argued that 🇺🇸could someday face a pediatric hospital capacity crisis. [no paywall!]
A thread of key points, still highly relevant 15 months later.
#epitwitter #PedsICU