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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I talked to my kids' Ped about this during a routine visit this week.  She said:

Media is distorting the problem/ blowing it way out of proportion, which causes overreaction

Most of the kids who develop serious complications with this virus have weakened immune systems, asthma or other underlying illnesses

[b]Most kids in populations like ours (meaning well cared for with caregivers who take them to their pediatrician as soon as potentially serious problems arise) will fare well. [/b] Many of the emergency situations you hear about are with kids who were taken to the ER only after serious complications developed.

FWIW.
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The bolded quote is absolute nonsense: this virus appears like a bad cold to a lay person , whether that parent lives in a low income area or in  Upper Caucasia. You have to be trained in doing a pediatric respiratory assessment  and have a stethescope to recognize when a kid is sick with this.

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Of course it isn't.  In "upper caucasia" most parents of kids prone to even a slight wheeze with a respiratory illness will already have had a conversation with the Ped about inhalers, maybe even have one on hand. They are educated and follow the news.  If nothing else those parents are positioned to be on the lookout for problems and act quickly; no respiratory assessment training needed.  Contrast that with parents who don't speak English, don't closely follow the news, don't have a regular pediatrician, don't understand the potential significance of their kid's occasional wheeze, and don't take their kid to see a doctor unless there is a serious problem because they can't afford it.  [/quote]

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