'All of them': Tennessee health chief says children's hospitals will fill up as the delta variant surges
Tennessee’s health commissioner says all the children’s hospitals will be full by the end of next week. The House speaker, meanwhile, plans to take legislative action against schools with mask mandates or going virtual.
RSV And COVID-19 Infections Flood Children's Hospitals
North Texas: “Dara Campbell said when her 1-yr-old son began suffering concerning symptoms like bluish-colored lips, she rushed him from their home in Paris to a children's hospital in Dallas but the ED was packed. She said there were no rooms available.”
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Katherine MacKenzie on Twitter
Just now 6 kids are in hospital with Covid in Fl pneumonia is a given, here’s what a 9 yr old with pneumonia looks like. He spent 3 days in P-ICU 6 days in all in the hospital. If you could prevent a child from going through this just by wearing masks why the hell wouldn’t you?
The Coronavirus in Kids (COVKID) Project on Twitter
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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
Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉 on Twitter
Dr. Jose R. Romero Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist at Arkansas Children's Hospital: Between April and July there has been a 690% increase in cases of children 12 and under. ICU admissions have increased by 275%; 20% of those are under 12 years of age.
Whistleblowers say they were told to downplay Covid outbreak among migrant kids at shelter
Whistleblowers say they were told to downplay Covid outbreak among migrant kids at shelter At the Fort Bliss migrant shelter in Texas, "hundreds of children contracted Covid in the overcrowded conditions," whistleblowers said in a complaint
Ana Cabrera on Twitter
“What we’re seeing is the children, about 50% of them, will need to be in the ICU. They need breathing support, whether that’s oxygen, extra pressure, sometimes even breathing tubes. Children do die from covid.” --Louisiana neonatologist describes the situation at his hospital.
The really worrisome thing about the Delta variant | CNN
Dr. Rick Barr of @archildrens : "Delta variant is acting very, very differently with respect to kids ... just in the month of July, we have [admitted] over 40 to the children's hospital. .. and a number of those have ended up in the intensive care unit."
