Pediatric COVID hospitalizations reports thread
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Anonymous
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Since we seem to drop a link here and there in various threads, here's a master thread of sorts.
Alabama: https://www.wsfa.com/2021/07/28/alabama-reporting-about-30-pediatric-covid-hospitalizations/ Also in there: "Health officials claim 108 children in Alabama have developed the Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome of Childhood from COVID, with more kids under investigation." Arkansas: https://katv.com/news/local/arkansas-childrens-hospital-reports-record-high-for-covid-19-hospitalizations "Of the 24 patients admitted, seven are in intensive care and four are on ventilators. None of the hospitalized patients have been fully vaccinated and more than half of the patients are eligible." Mississippi: https://abcnews.go.com/US/mississippi-health-officials-warn-delta-surge-12-children/story?id=78828192 "Of the seven children currently in the intensive care unit due to COVID-19, two are on ventilators [...]" Missouri: https://www.kctv5.com/coronavirus/childrens-mercy-reaches-capacity-due-to-increase-in-kids-with-covid-19-infectious-diseases/article_84988b54-ee63-11eb-899a-ab48134676d1.html "COVID-19 cases are rising across the KC metro and children are being hospitalized at a higher rate compared to previous weeks." but the article also says the problem is compounded by a rise of other childhood illnesses. Texas: https://www.houstonpress.com/news/at-texas-childrens-some-kids-with-covid-need-ventilators-11610665 "Out of all the kids who show up to Texas Children’s concerned they may have COVID-19, “Currently, roughly 10 percent of those children who test positive do require hospitalization,” [...] “and roughly one-third of those may require critical care.” "[...]Texas Children’s Hospital system has treated over 150 cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome, also known as MIS-C [...]" "Texas Children’s has a dedicated “long-COVID” clinic to research and care for some of the long-term symptoms a COVID infection can leave children dealing with months later, including both fatigue and “some long-standing cardiac [and] pulmonary issues that may need to be addressed by a sub-specialist.”" |
Anonymous
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Across the Southern States:
(might have some redundancy with initial post) https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/07/29/hospitals-in-southern-us-reporting-record-numbers-of-children-hospitalized-amid-delta-surge-though-deaths-still-extremely-rare/?sh=65bdb8ad5f1e Florida, South: https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/07/30/south-florida-childrens-hospitals-report-uptick-in-covid-19-cases-among-children/ - 17 children currently hospitalized at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, 6 in ICU, including 1 on ventilator" (highest risk factor for children at Nicklaus is obesity). - "Holtz Children’s Hospital is also seeing uptick in positive cases with kids. They currently have five pediatric hospitalizations. Of those, two are in the ICU." (not a change at this hospital) - "Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital confirmed they had seven patients with COVID-19, as of Friday. Of the seven, two are in the Pediatric ICU." - "Over the last few weeks, the volume of hospitalized COVID-19-positive patients has continued to rapidly increase at Jackson Health System" (No ICU/vent numbers). |
Anonymous
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Louisiana:
https://www.wwno.org/public-health/2021-07-30/delta-variant-more-apt-to-make-kids-sick-pediatric-covid-19-cases-in-louisiana-on-the-rise "“We're seeing more children sick with COVID now with delta than we have at any other point in this pandemic,” "In the last two days, (...) there have been seven new cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) among children in Louisiana — the largest number in the shortest period of time, at any point in the pandemic." https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_3fc319c4-efbf-11eb-8518-1b58f818df8b.html "(...) pediatric facilities have also seen a swift rise in the number of patients. At Children's Hospital New Orleans, one patient has died during the most recent surge and there were 17 hospitalized Thursday morning, the most the hospital has seen during the pandemic," ""There's a higher number of (pediatric) patients who require hospitalization compared to any other time during the pandemic,"" "Six pediatric patients were hospitalized at Children's with COVID-19 on Monday, Finger said. That rose to 11 on Tuesday. By Wednesday morning, it had grown to 17. Some went home, but were quickly replaced by new patients on Thursday." "The child who died while being treated for COVID-19 at Children's had no severe underlying conditions." "About two-thirds of the children recently admitted to the hospital are too young to be vaccinated and the vast majority do not have underlying illnesses," |
Anonymous
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OP here. Trying not to engage in chatter outside of discussing the reports of covid pediatric hospitalizations figures across the US.
Discussion of schools, vaccines, deaths, masks can happen in plenty of other threads, or in new threads as needed. Whataboutism and posts about agendas will probably just be flagged for deletion. |
Anonymous
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Here is the most recent AAP report on children and covid:
https://services.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/children-and-covid-19-state-level-data-report/ unlike out of context news reports it looks nationwide. it states “ At this time, it still appears that severe illness due to COVID-19 is rare among children. However, there is an urgent need to collect more data on longer-term impacts of the pandemic on children” |
Anonymous
Thank you. Unlike the other metrics, only 24 states + NYC contribute hospitalization figures to that report (see table p.27 of the latest report here https://downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP%20and%20CHA%20-%20Children%20and%20COVID-19%20State%20Data%20Report%207.22%20FINAL.pdf ) In particular Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas are currently not reporting hospitalization figures. |
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Anonymous
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1. The rise this month parallels the overall rise - does NOT indicate it is more severe for kids 2. The shift in proportion of pre-existing conditions likely due to medically vulnerable kids getting vaxxed at a higher rate. |
Anonymous
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Hospitalization numbers look worse for COVID-19. But those numbers are inflated as a result of the CDC's reporting rules. The CDC requires every child admitted to a hospital to be tested for the coronavirus. Dr. Roshni Mathew, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the Stanford University School of Medicine, says experience at her hospital found that 45% of the time, a child who tested positive for the coronavirus was not actually sick with COVID-19. The findings have been published online in the journal Hospital Pediatrics. In those cases, hospitalization was due to "a completely unrelated diagnosis, like appendicitis or femur fracture or something else," she says. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/05/25/997467734/childrens-risk-of-serious-illness-from-covid-19-is-as-low-as-it-is-for-the-flu So, in fact, any child admitted to a hospital is tested for covid regardless of clinical symptoms. If the child is positive, they are then labeled as a covid-associated admission. #misinformation |
Anonymous
it’s also really unclear what those slides are in the tweet. |
Anonymous
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Texas
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/01/world/delta-variant-kids-infections.amp.html After many months of zero or few pediatric Covid cases, we are seeing infants, children and teens with Covid pouring back into the hospital, more and more each day,” she wrote, adding that patients have ranged in age from 2 weeks to 17 years old, including some with Covid pneumonias. |
Anonymous
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Dr. Mark Kline, Physician-in-Chief and Chief Academic Officer at Children's Hospital New Orleans, provides information on how the fourth surge of COVID-19 and the Delta variant are affecting Louisiana's children, and the strain that this spike in covid hospitalizations, combined with a staff shortage due to staff covid infections and illness, is putting on children's hospitals across the state.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHf_mr_uno Quotes below copied from twitter thread that breaks down the speech into shorter segments https://twitter.com/Cleavon_MD/status/1422303133972242444 "This delta variant is every infectious disease specialist's worst nightmare.. There was a myth.. that children were somehow immune... It has become very clear that children are heavily impacted" "We have not had an empty bed in any of our ICUs for weeks. We avoided going on diversion b/c of the responsibility we feel to take care of every child who needs us" but COVID is straining hospital resources" "The number of healthcare staff out ill with COVID has increased on a daily basis. STAFFING is rate-limiting. Not the number of beds, equipment & ventilators" "Half the children we are seeing with COVID were perfectly healthy" "In short, we've learned the delta variant is a whole different animal from what we've dealt with in the past.. low rates of vaccination in LA means we're very susceptible to a truly devastating surge at this time" "Standing next to Louisiana Governor, I felt like I was thrown a LIFELINE. It was very emotional. We've all been DREADING the opening of schools" b/c that will be a catalyst for more cases, suffering & potentially deaths" |
Anonymous
louisiana is not demographically/vaccination status similar to DC. |
Anonymous
(and BTW the "lifeline" was masks ... which DC already has.) |