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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/07/29/hospitals-in-southern-us-reporting-record-numbers-of-children-hospitalized-amid-delta-surge-though-deaths-still-extremely-rare/?sh=7ef6150b5f1e

From July 29th, in reference to increases in pedatric hospitalizations of children reported in several states:

"The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) releases a weekly report on child cases and hospitalizations, but not all states regularly submit data. Its most recent report on July 22 calculated children made up between 1.3% and 3.6% of total reported hospitalizations, 0.1% and 1.9% of all child Covid-19 cases resulted in hospitalization. Overall, the risk of death and hospitalization among children who contract Covid-19 remains extremely low. Just over 520 children have died from Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic (0.08% of the U.S.’s 612,000 total deaths) and only around 0.01% recorded cases result in death."[/quote]
- Only 23 US states + NYC report their hospitalization numbers for this, and some of the currently hardest hit, in particular, don't report (Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas for example).
- All figures quoted are [b]cumulative[/b] from May 2020 until July 2021, so they don't give any sense of more recent changes related to delta.
- The more recent report is here: https://downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP%20and%20CHA%20-%20Children%20and%20COVID-19%20State%20Data%20Report%207.29%20FINAL.pdf[/quote]

My understanding was that the U.S. was three weeks into delta (that was Gottlieb, but I'd have to go find the link).  If that's correct, wouldn't we be seeing something in this data?  Potentially the three weeks isn't correct.

Also, that data doesn't suggest anything like a major increase in child hospitalizations from covid; I think that's relevant based on the articles that the Forbes article discusses regarding regional increases in child hospitalization totals from several areas.  I'm trying to figure out how they jibe with each other.  It might just be that the national average hides regional changes.

If you've got a better understanding of what that data shows I'd love to hear it.[/quote]

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