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underpants

(182,798 posts)
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 03:56 PM Sep 2021

CDC (hard to believe) Lower vaxx states More kids in hospital

More kids hospitalized with Covid-19 in states with lower vaccination rates, CDC report finds

More children went to the hospital and emergency room in states with lower vaccination rates, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The research published Friday in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Report found that hospitalizations and emergency room visits for kids with Covid-19 increased from June to August of this year.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/03/health/kids-hospitalized-covid/index.htmlCDC

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CDC (hard to believe) Lower vaxx states More kids in hospital (Original Post) underpants Sep 2021 OP
Your link doesn't work - here's a good one teach1st Sep 2021 #1
Thank you underpants Sep 2021 #3
About damned time we let them get vaccinated. lagomorph777 Sep 2021 #2
Odd as it may seem, I really don't think.... underpants Sep 2021 #4
They stop caring once they slide out of the womb. TheRealNorth Sep 2021 #5

teach1st

(5,935 posts)
1. Your link doesn't work - here's a good one
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 04:32 PM
Sep 2021
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/03/health/kids-hospitalized-covid/

The research published Friday in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Report found that hospitalizations and emergency room visits for kids with Covid-19 increased from June to August of this year.

In the two week period in mid to late August, ER visits were 3.4 times higher in the states with the lowest vaccination rates and hospitalizations were 3.7 times higher than in states with the highest vaccination rates. The states with the lowest vaccination coverage were in the South.

"Broad, community-wide vaccination of all eligible persons is a critical component of mitigation strategies to protect pediatric populations from SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 illness," the CDC-led team wrote.

And while the more highly contagious Delta variant sent more kids to the hospital with Covid-19, it was a similar proportion to the numbers who were hospitalized earlier in the pandemic, a second report found.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
2. About damned time we let them get vaccinated.
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 04:36 PM
Sep 2021

We're marching them off to the death camps - er - schools. Many states won't even let them wear masks. Do we have no care at all for the sanctity of life?

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