‘Exponential’ increase: More than a quarter million children contracted COVID just last week -- the most ever
‘Exponential’ increase: More than a quarter million children contracted COVID just last week -- the most ever
Covid and Kids
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Tomás Ryan: Schoolchildren need protection from Delta variant
Tomás Ryan: Schoolchildren need protection from Delta variant Mitigation measures such as masks and serial testing must be used in classrooms
William Ku, Ph.D. on Twitter
#COVID19 Pediatric (<16) Case Fatality Rate (CFR) has quintupled over the last five weeks. While this CFR is still very low, 0.014%, it does make it extremely important that kids avoid getting infected and hospitalized as much as possible. @GovRonDeSantis must stop killing kids.
KeepStretching on Twitter
We have NICU transport beds plugged in outside of 2 ICU rooms, waiting for the moms to get to 23 weeks so we can section them. Neither mom is doing well. We are using peds rooms for our stable babies bc our NICU is already full.
Mississippi teachers beg for help after more than 18,000 students catch COVID-19 in one month: 'At what point do we protect children over the economy?'
Mississippi teachers beg for help after more than 18,000 students catch COVID-19 in one month: 'At what point do we protect children over the economy?'
Orange County Announces 2nd Child COVID-19 Death - MyNewsLA.com
Orange County Announces 2nd Child COVID-19 Death Sept 2021
Opinion | A Letter From the Front Lines of Quarantining With Kids
A Letter From the Front Lines of Quarantining With Kids — As a pediatrician with three sick children, I'm terrified and angry
Fauci Warns of Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 in Young People
“We’d better be careful when we say, ‘Young people who don’t wind up in the hospital are fine, let them get infected, it’s OK.’ No, it’s not OK." -
‘He went downhill so fast’: Dayton woman says her 12-year-old son died from COVID-19 complications
‘He went downhill so fast’: Dayton woman says her 12-year-old son died from COVID-19 complications
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4-year-old Georgia girl dies one day after testing positive for COVID-19
4-year-old Georgia girl dies one day after testing positive for COVID-19
Kali Cook, Galveston County's youngest COVID fatality, was 'beautiful', mother says
Kali Cook, Galveston County's youngest COVID fatality, was 'beautiful', mother says
‘It’s heart-wrenching’: Polk music teacher dies from COVID-19, union president says
‘It’s heart-wrenching’: Polk music teacher dies from COVID-19, union president says
Frank Han MD 🇺🇦Pediatric/ACHD/GUCH Cardiologist on Twitter
Excellent commentary from a paediatric cardiologist on risk-benefits of vaccines in adolescents, and vaccine associated myocarditis.
Orange County Child Dies From COVID-19
California
An Orange County child under the age of 5 has died from complications of COVID-19, public health officials said Friday Sept 2021
Pediatric COVID cases climb, as another Missourian child dies
Pediatric COVID cases climb, as another Missourian child dies
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Florida dad regrets not getting COVID vaccine after daughter, 15, dies
Dogs4Object Permanence🐶 on Twitter
Thread: I made these threads of #kidsandcovid bc people were saying that kids couldn't or wouldn't get COVID. They do.
They also spread it.
We don't know what the virus will do longer term & are just facing how it spreads.
This a collection of news reports, tweets, and studies. 1/4
Jacksonville mother hospitalized for COVID dies days after giving birth
Florida: Jacksonville mother hospitalized for COVID dies days after giving birth
A 4-year-old Galveston County girl got a fever. She died of COVID a few hours later, in her sleep
A 4-year-old Galveston County girl got a fever. She died of COVID a few hours later, in her sleep
St. Louis County DPH on Twitter
DPH has identified 373 student cases of COVID and 56 staff cases of COVID in County public and private schools in the first week of classes.
Read more in the St. Louis County COVID-19 Update: 9-8-2021 http://ow.ly/fICb50G6wPv
Surge of child COVID-19 cases complicates start of new school year across US
Over 1,000 schools in 35 states have temporarily halted in-person classes because of COVID-19 outbreaks.
Nearly 252,000 children in US test positive for COVID-19 amid back-to-school season
As millions of students return to classrooms, the U.S. is now facing its most significant pediatric COVID-19 surge yet.
Phil Williams on Twitter
WOW! All sorts of new #COVID19 records today in Tennessee - NONE of them good! Highest daily number for new cases: 13,506. Also, highest daily number of new cases among school-age children (5-18) AND among young children (0-10). MORE TO FOLLOW --> 1/
A Texas school district closed all its schools after two teachers died from Covid-19 | CNN
A Texas school district closed all its schools after two teachers died from Covid-19
Eric Topol on Twitter
Tomorrow's @AmerAcadPeds
@hospitals4kids
report will inevitably show the highest number of pediatric cases in the pandemic, with ~1% of this large number of kids requiring hospitalization https://downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP%20and%20CHA%20-%20Children%20and%20COVID-19%20State%20Data%20Report%208.26%20FINAL-update.pdf So much of this is preventable.
Opinion: As an aerosol scientist, I know schools need masks, HEPA filters and outdoor lunches
Opinion: As an aerosol scientist, I know schools need masks, HEPA filters and outdoor lunches
Child Covid-19 hospitalizations reach a new high. That's not the only reason kids need to be protected from Delta, doctors say | CNN
Doctors say it's crucial to protect children against the Delta variant -- not just for the sake of their health and to keep in-person learning, but also to help prevent more aggressive variants from setting the entire country back.
Fourth grader with COVID dies, SC school district says
“The Aiken County Coroner’s Office said a 9-year-old died Wednesday..A spokesman for the Aiken County School District said the boy was a 4th-grade student at North Augusta Elementary, according to the Augusta Chronicle.”
‘We’re being set up for failure’: Massachusetts’ hard line against remote learning this year has left some families feeling hopeless - The Boston Globe
With little virtual learning allowed this school year, Massachusetts parents are scrambling for other schooling options amid a surge in coronavirus cases.
Dr Zoë Hyde on Twitter
Who wants facts about COVID-19 and children?
Almost all children will eventually be infected if they aren’t offered vaccination.
Of those children who test positive: 🤒 1 in 14 will get long COVID 🏥 1 in 100 will be hospitalised ⚰️ 1 in 20,000 will die Known in July 2021