Babies. Risk. What are we doing to future generations? A thread and discussion
High levels of gliosis occur in the neonatal brain within a week after in utero infection, and macrosomia is seen in infected pups. COVID-19 infection in pregnant hACE2-KI mice replicates infection severity and effects seen in pregnant women.
“Pregnant women with Covid face a sevenfold risk of dying compared with uninfected pregnant women…. The infection also makes it more likely that a woman will give birth prematurely and that the baby will require neonatal intensive care”
Is it true that healthy kids never end up in hospital due to covid-19?
False.
49% of children hospitalised for Covid-19 in the USA had no pre-existing conditions. They were previously fully healthy children . CDC data.
"Our study demonstrated for the first time the persistence of LV myocardial deformation abnormalities in previously healthy children with an asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic COVID-19 course after an average follow-up of 148 ± 68 days.
#LongCovidKids
Thread Covid infects and kills dendritic cells and lymphocytes (cells that are used in fighting infection) in the tonsils - where Strep A has attacked these children. 3/
Kids #COVID19: 22% had neurologic involvement. 9% had life-threatening conditions, with half having acute central nervous system (CNS) infections or demyelination; 43% died or had new neurologic deficits. #Notacold https://ja.ma/3EpMDUm via @JAMANeuro part of @JAMANetwork
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