Posted on 12/30/2021 5:27:38 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
SEATTLE — The omicron-fueled surge that is sending COVID-19 cases rocketing in the U.S. is putting children in the hospital in record numbers, and experts lament that most of the youngsters are not vaccinated.
“It’s just so heartbreaking,” said Dr. Paul Offit, an infectious-disease expert at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “It was hard enough last year, but now you know that you have a way to prevent all this.”
Offit said none of the vaccine-eligible children receiving care at his hospital about a week ago had been vaccinated, even though two-thirds had underlying conditions that put them at risk — either chronic lung disease or, more commonly, obesity. Only one was under the vaccination age of 5.
The scenes are heart-rending.
“They’re struggling to breathe, coughing, coughing, coughing,” Offit said. “A handful were sent to the ICU to be sedated. We put the attachment down their throat that’s attached to a ventilator, and the parents are crying.”
None of the parents or siblings was vaccinated either, he said.
The next four to six weeks are going to be rough, he said: “This is a virus that thrives in the winter.”
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I’m not saying zero children have come down with it, but the
reports I’ve read leave them way in the dust of people who
have come down with it.
Birth through at least the mid teens seldom come down with it.
Starting in the late teens a progressive number of people come
down with it in higher numbers as the age increases.
There are a lot of adults out there who do not have children in
the home. Generally 18-20 years of an adult’s life is spent
with children in the home. This leaves a good 30-40 years
without kids in the home. Some folks opt not to have
children at all.
I agree with your comments on symptoms.
I wrote that and came up with this chart afterwards, that
helps to support my thoughts on young children and their
very low figures comparatively.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254271/us-total-number-of-covid-cases-by-age-group/
I heard a whole discussion on this principle yesterday on local radio. Did not catch what spurred her segment on it.
But basically, she said some 40% of children “hospitalized” were incidentally positive when they went for other reasons….another disease, injury, pain, etc. another 30% were some middling category, perhaps along the lines of hydrate them then send them home. Which meant onLy about 30% ACTUALLY WENT FOR COVID EMERGENCY!
The Covid numbers ALL were the result of BS tests, NO symptoms!
ASS-OCIATED PRESS.
No need to read any further.
Give them the vax!!!! that doesn’t work.
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