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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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

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.  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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Well, it's a real problem for those kids and their families, right?  There's nothing a pediatrician can do for a child in respiratory distress past a certain point other than send them to the hospital as a direct admit or to the er.[/quote]

Of course it is.  But widespread panic with no regard to which populations are most vulnerable serves no one.[/quote]

What widespread panic?  The post about the pediatrician is moronic.[/quote]

It's a thread with back and forth about what people have heard about a potentially serious virus in our area.  How is a post quoting a pediatrician on the subject "moronic?"  Please, enlighten us as to your credentials.  [/quote]

The post ended with a fwiw.  That part was right:  it's worthless information.  [/quote]

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