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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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"
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louisiana is not demographically/vaccination status similar to DC.  [/quote]

(and BTW the "lifeline" was masks ... which DC already has.)[/quote]

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