Posted on 12/03/2021 11:45:18 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
The “highly transmissible” Omicron variant of COVID-19 has disproportionately hospitalized kids under age 5 as it tears through South Africa, health officials in the country said Friday.
The new strain of the coronavirus — which had largely not caused serious illness in young children previously — has led to a dramatic spike in severe cases in the age group, South African government medical adviser Waasila Jassat said at a press conference.
“The week-on-week increase we’re seeing in cases and admissions is higher than we’ve seen it before. We’ve seen quite a sharp increase [in hospital admissions] across all age groups but particularly in the under 5s,” Jassat said of the Gauteng province area, which includes Johannesburg and has been at the epicenter of the spread of the new variant.
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The doctors in Africa said the symptoms were mild, fortunately.
Planting the narrative
Yes they did, but did any children have it when they compiled their initial results?
I don’t think Covid is as bad as smallpox or even the original Spanish Flu, but I won’t write it off as totally harmless.
Oh - so within 7 days we go from - it’s nothing to it’s a concern to there’s 5 cases to, now, it’s “tearing through South Africa”.
BS
It’s ALL BS.
Here comes the vax goose steppers push to get the kids with their poison.
All they have to do is convince the 40% that still believe their TeeVees...
Lies and liars and lots of Bull Shit.
This story is intended to make the frightened rabbits be all like, "OMG FIVE YEAR OLDS!!!" and rush out and get the vax into their kids and to make it easier for the derps to justify doing it.
Nothing more.
No numbers. “Cases” are up. How many kids are in the hospital? How many dying. Not percentages of increase or cases or positivity rates. People actually needing treatment or dying.
Yep, panic time.
Exactly. If there were 2 last week and there are 4 this week that is a 100% increase, but still a tiny number out of millions. Give us the data, not the commentary.
Not "the doctors in Africa"
A doctor in Africa said that after evaluating several university students who contracted it on a bus trip (which is how it was discovered).
One doctor. Several young healthy patients.
How convenient, just as they are getting to vax five year olds.
Yep.
Exxxxsactly!
As it tears through South Africa, !!!!!!! make me puke
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