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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, thank you for posting this information.  
I agree with PPs that the aggregate data is not really reliable because of the reporting issues, but the anecdotal data from hospitalists and pediatric specialists, is really troubling.  It echoes what I've been hearing from pediatric specialists for months -- that they have been alarmed at the number of kids getting sick, the severity, and the breadth of symptoms.

I agree we are not Louisiana -- thank God we have done much better with vaccination.  [b]But our vaccination rates are still pretty depressing.[/b][/quote]

Vaccination rates for 12+ in MoCo are some of the highest in the country.  That's not depressing at all, and it also goes a long way towards keeping kids healthy (as do the mask mandates MCPS will have in schools).

Lost in these anecdata are not only denominators, but pre-morbid conditions in these children that are clinically relevant.  This severe illness is a tragedy--particularly because much of it is preventable--but it's also not useful to fear-monger.[/quote]
" Vaccination rates in the District among students ages 12 to 17 are low, particularly among Black children, who account for about 65 percent of the city’s public school population. [b]Fifty-one percent of White 12-to-15-year-olds [/b]have received[b] at least one dose[/b] while just [b]14 percent of Black youths[/b] in the same age group have received one, according to city data."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-teen-vaccines-school/2021/08/04/cb2e03e8-f39d-11eb-a49b-d96f2dac0942_story.html
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