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It's interesting that it took this long to report on this. Kids have been getting hammered for weeks. Most pediatric units in the Chicago area disappeared in th

It's interesting that it took this long to report on this. Kids have been getting hammered for weeks. Most pediatric units in the Chicago area disappeared in the last 2 years, and doctors are getting creative finding beds for kids. There's something that's just not sexy about RSV - it's far more dangerous to children than COVID is, yet there's hardly any coverage. If this many kids were getting COVID, I would wager we'd be seeing a high volume of alarmist coverage.

nradov 4y ago
That many kids are getting COVID-19. But COVID-19 was never a significant risk for otherwise healthy children. It's literally just a cold, very similar in effects to the other 4 endemic human coronaviruses. Yes, there have been a few cases where healthy children suffered serious symptoms but the absolute numbers are tiny.
- terminatornet 4y ago
  completely untrue, kids under 6 months have high hospitalization according to the cdc https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7145a3.htm?s_cid=mm7145a3_w https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7145a3.htm?s_cid=mm... > Among 473 infants aged <6 months hospitalized during the Omicron BA.2/BA.5 variant-predominant period, 397 (84%) had COVID-19–related symptoms. Among all 473 infants, 174 (38%) were aged <1 month; 69 (39%) of these were birth hospitalizations (Table 2). Among infants who received a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result during the birth hospitalization, 60 (87%) were asymptomatic 84% of all hospitalizations for <6 months seems less than ideal.
  - nradov 4y ago
    You are misinterpreting that report. The absolute risk of hospitalization in that population is tiny once you account for the huge number of infections.
    - terminatornet 4y ago
      ok, i love covid now
whimsicalism 4y ago
RSV was never going to kill anywhere near as many people as COVID did. There probably are this many kids getting COVID.
bilsbie 4y ago
Maybe they don’t want to start another panic? Let our economy and our souls heal a bit?
quantified 4y ago
Fast reporting risks bad information, and we've seen how that goes. Reporting on the facts can go quickly, but reporting that includes recommendations and impacts gets really risky as we now know.

nradov 4y ago

That many kids are getting COVID-19. But COVID-19 was never a significant risk for otherwise healthy children. It's literally just a cold, very similar in effects to the other 4 endemic human coronaviruses. Yes, there have been a few cases where healthy children suffered serious symptoms but the absolute numbers are tiny.

terminatornet 4y ago
completely untrue, kids under 6 months have high hospitalization according to the cdc https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7145a3.htm?s_cid=mm7145a3_w https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7145a3.htm?s_cid=mm... > Among 473 infants aged <6 months hospitalized during the Omicron BA.2/BA.5 variant-predominant period, 397 (84%) had COVID-19–related symptoms. Among all 473 infants, 174 (38%) were aged <1 month; 69 (39%) of these were birth hospitalizations (Table 2). Among infants who received a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result during the birth hospitalization, 60 (87%) were asymptomatic 84% of all hospitalizations for <6 months seems less than ideal.
- nradov 4y ago
  You are misinterpreting that report. The absolute risk of hospitalization in that population is tiny once you account for the huge number of infections.
  - terminatornet 4y ago
    ok, i love covid now

whimsicalism 4y ago

RSV was never going to kill anywhere near as many people as COVID did. There probably are this many kids getting COVID.

bilsbie 4y ago

Maybe they don’t want to start another panic? Let our economy and our souls heal a bit?

quantified 4y ago

Fast reporting risks bad information, and we've seen how that goes. Reporting on the facts can go quickly, but reporting that includes recommendations and impacts gets really risky as we now know.