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Risk of hospitalization for children aged < 5 years with Omicron is quite a bit higher than previous variants. Take a look at the CDC data, compare age groups t
by the_why_of_y 5y ago
Risk of hospitalization for children aged < 5 years with Omicron is quite a bit higher than previous variants. Take a look at the CDC data, compare age groups this year vs. one year earlier.
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#covidnet-hospitalization-network https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#covidnet-hospitali...
- mikysco 5y agoThis trend exists because children are being tested for COVID after being admitted to the hospital for entirely unrelated issues (broken bones, etc). They're in the hospital _with_ COVID, not in the hospital _because_ of COVID.