Kids' Covid Hospitalizations Hit Pandemic High, Worrying Doctors and Parents About Long-Term Impact --
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"Sadly, we are seeing the rates of hospitalizations increasing for children zero to 4, children who are not yet currently eligible for Covid-19 vaccination," Walensky told reporters.O'Leary, who is also vice chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics' committee on infectious diseases, said about a third of the children in his hospital with the virus were admitted for other things, but the other two-thirds of them need hospital care because of Covid.
"I get that the chances are low — but it's not zero," DeGroot said of the risk Covid poses to children."It's absolute misery. It takes its toll on everybody, especially your child. You do not want this." The CDC found that two-thirds of children hospitalized with Covid had one or more underlying health issues, with obesity the most common condition, according to a study of pediatric patients at six hospitals during July and August when the delta variant was predominant.
, which she chairs, earlier this month just before the agency cleared Pfizer boosters for 12- to 15-year-old children.Some children who catch Covid aren't hospitalized until months after their initial infection when they start developing serious complications.Janelle Bardon's daughter, Taylor, was a healthy 17-year-old in Louisville, Kentucky, until she caught Covid in the summer of 2020. Taylor had no underlying health conditions and played field hockey.
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