“The pandemic is as bad as it ever was for babies - in year to Aug 2023, 6,300 babies under 1 were admitted to hospital wholly or partly BECAUSE of Covid.
They are ONLY age group where admissions have NOT gone down over time 1/17”
“From Oct. 2022 - April 2024, COVID associated hospitalization rates among infants younger than 6 months were higher than among any other age group, except adults ages 75 and older.”