In addition to paediatric COVID deaths, which continue to rise, it's important to take into account cases of MIS-C (already >4,400); serious effects of long COVID on kids, including cardiac problems, which aren't yet fully known; spread of COVID from children to vulnerable teachers, parents, etc.; paediatric hospitalizations, which have skyrocketed to an all-time high with the Delta variant, currently averaging 338 new admissions per day in the US; and the limited capacity the country's EDs, PICUs, and clinical work force to handle this surge. The US is on track to run out of PICU beds if the current trend continues, and capacity is already stretched in terms of both beds and nurse staffing, with admitted kids waiting in the ED for an open medical or ICU bed.
As of week ending Aug 29, paediatric COVID admissions are at a new high: 338 kids are being hospitalized per day. Plus 733 adults ages 18-29 per day. Plus 1187 adults ages 30-39 per day. Plus 1566 adults ages 40-49 per day. Plus 2200 adults ages 50-59 per day.
Please stop comparing this to the flu. That was a lie told early on. It was never true.
Also, there's a subtle implication here that calls for masking are motivated by something other than concern for kids' welfare, as if the leaders of 68 US children's hospital released a statement calling for vaccination and masking as part of some conspiracy to line their pockets with profits from their side gigs selling $2 masks on Etsy. COVID has been much more contagious and deadly than seasonal flu from the start. Its Delta variant is even worse. Kids are suffering at an unprecedented level. And so are our physicians and nurses.
Source: CDC Data Tracker
Please stop making panic.
And vaxxing kids is the worst solution to pick.
You are manipulation the immune system which is still in development. That can/will cause severe longterm issues, that are still to discover.
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