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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They’re obviously related! Covid, RSV and pediatric hospitalizations. But we may never know exactly how because the cdc is counting every kid who comes in for something entirely unrelated and tests positive for covid on admission as a “pediatric covid hospitalization.” My SIL is an er nurse in Dallas and she confirms that there are a whole lot of asymptomatic children making it onto that list.[/quote]

How are they asymptomatic if they are in the hospital? If they were asymptomatic, you would not even know they had Covid and they would likely not be in the hospital.  Or if they are asymptomatic and tested positive for Covid, they would still not be hospitalized because they are asymptomatic. So your logic makes no sense.[/quote]

Kid gets admitted for something totally unrelated (broken leg, mental health crisis). All admissions are tested for Covid. Kid turns up an asymptomatic positive. Kid gets added to the pediatric hospitalizations and case counts for the area.

Kid would never have been there for just covid.

There have been at least 2 studies on this phenomenon.[/quote

Yeah, its not that hard to understand.

In fact, after a review in May, California overreported their pediatric hospitalizations by 45%.

If a kid comes in with a broken arm, but tests positive for asymptomatic COVID, they should NOT be included in the pediatrics COVID case counts.  But they are...

This is why some people have little faith in case count reporting

https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/study-californias-covid-19-hospitalization-rate-for-children-overcounted/article_383cac20-b8e1-11eb-9c6e-4f247675e642.html

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