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Wed Sep 15, 2021, 08:50 PM Sep 2021

DUH.... States sound alarm over Covid-19 outbreaks among school kids

(CNN) - As school districts across the country reopen, some state officials are voicing concern about the vulnerability of children as the highly contagious coronavirus Delta variant takes aim at the unvaccinated.

Covid-19 cases are surging among children as the school year begins -- many in districts without mask mandates -- and the pandemic continues to force quarantines and other disruptions.

The latest weekly count of new pediatric cases -- 243,373 -- is about a 240% increase since July, the American Academy of Pediatrics said Monday.

The academy, in a joint report with the Children's Hospital Association, said severe cases among children are uncommon but more study is needed on the "longer-term impacts of the pandemic on children, including ways the virus may harm the long-term physical health of infected children."


https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/15/us/covid-school-children-outbreaks/index.html
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DUH.... States sound alarm over Covid-19 outbreaks among school kids (Original Post) spanone Sep 2021 OP
Dr. Eric Ding's Twitter states 1 in 7 kids get long haul SheltieLover Sep 2021 #1
This sickens me. Children have no choice. spanone Sep 2021 #2
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