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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Post just published this. Some kids are clearly at high risk.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/08/13/children-hospitalizations-covid-delta/[/quote]

Yeah, this Post piece is worrying me because it says that frontline workers are reporting 1) different initial symptoms in children with delta than with previous strains, indicating that delta really does behave differently in kids, and 2) seeing more healthy kids hospitalized than with any of the previous waves.

It's all anecdotal though. Too soon for good data. I don't know what to think. I hate all this uncertainty.[/quote]

I wonder how much of it is that delta confers much, much higher viral loads, which translate to more severe illness.  So many adults are less careful than they were, so whatever precautions were being taken that reduced viral loads (masks, distancing) that are no longer there probably combines poorly with the increased transmissability of delta.

But yeah: we really do need better data.  The UK data are encouraging.[/quote]

If it is the case that places without mask mandates, low vaccination rates, and general disregard for mitigation efforts see higher delta viral loads, that suggests we would not see the same thing in DC.  Does anyone have any stories about pediatric hospital emissions in places like Boston or other areas that are masking and mitigating, and have similar vax rates to DC?[/quote]

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