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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If it's not more dangerous for kids, then why are we seeing tweets about 12 kids in the emergency room in Texas or Florida where previously kids scraped through without even going to the hospital?  We know it is certainly more dangerous for adults, and it seems unduly confident, given this other evidence, not to assume it is also more dangerous for kids, but I'd understand why parents want to believe everything is going to be fine.[/quote]

Don't look for tweets to confirm your own anxiety. I'm not saying "everything is going to be fine," but it is important to remember that Twitter posts are designed to get lots and lots of clicks. Take a deep breath and evaluate your own situation.

Here are some numbers available at the VDH for children 0-9 years old:

25,572 total cases
296 kids hospitalized
2 deaths[/quote]

My whole family including kids are vaccinated so we hope to avoid the worst of this, but I think it's folly to look at kids in ICU wards and not see that Delta can easily mean very serious consequences for kids who aren't vaccinated whereas a year ago such results were anamolous.  Still I keep seeing comments online from people who aren't concerned at all either because they haven't reckoned with the deadliness of the Delta strain at all or because they are simply in denial about the new surge it has been bringing.  La la la la and meanwhile Florida and Louisiana are out there telling everyone out there "hey, hold my beer!"  Sure, we haven't seen these numbers in Virginia yet, but those effects can easily and quickly creep north and east as people and kids come home from their summer camps and vacations (how many posts did I read in the Disney thread three months ago from parents making plans because things would be fine by now and planning to pretend their toddlers were younger than they really are to escape Disney's mask requirements?  But I digress.).

Nevertheless, cheers and thanks for the stats; real facts are always helpful.[/quote]

Ventilation woman and the panic porn brigade are at it again.

We were just at Disney World last week, maskless (except indoors where it's required). We go maskless here and have been maskless all summer (except where legally required), as is pretty much the majority of the United States (and Europe too since they don't mask kids under 12 there).

My kids also flew in a plane, rode in a car and went swimming in the ocean, lakes and pools.  Those activities probably entailed more risk than COVID. Did we consider not doing them?  No.

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[b]Yep and this is why we are where we are with rising numbers. thanks a bunch.[/b] [/quote]

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