The odd thing, though, is that a bunch of kids ended up in ICU. THAT seems unusual to me, but I am not a pediatrician.
It IS unusual. The KC pediatricians were particularly “impressed” due to the rapidity with which the “common cold” symptoms can ramp up into a child in the ICU, and, the number of such instances.
Most Enteroviruses are not so severe, but then again, I had one hit my digestive system: While I managed to walk into the ER, by the time they got to me they had to put me, a normally active and healthy adult, in a wheelchair to get me to treatment.