Covid wards 'full of children' for first time in pandemic, warn nurses

Re:Covid wards 'full of children' for first time in pandemic... by sjg007 on Saturday January 02, 2021 @12:34PM (#25614478)

Britain kept schools open after the first lock down. That now appears to have been a mistake. I expect they will close them now. In the US we are gearing up to put kids back in school in person despite the UK variant also spreading here. Worse yet is that vaccines haven't been tested in kids.

So as we sit here on a precipice contemplating about what to do, I do know that kids aged 12+ can get the monoclonal antibody treatments so if your kids develop symptoms get them tested so they can be treated.

Younger kids are still SOL I think...

From the CDC, you can turn the plot lines off and on on the left hand side. Focus on the growth rate in pediatric population. The trend in age group 0-4 is disturbing.

https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/covidnet/COVID19_3.html

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Re:Covid wards 'full of children' for first time in pandemic... by undo123 on Saturday January 02, 2021 @12:49PM (#25614634)

Isn't that the cumulative rate? It looks near-linear to me, which would mean consistent growth rate since March.

I think it's read as "how many people in (age group) have been hospitalized with C19" - note that the lines for all age groups are strictly increasing. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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Re:Covid wards 'full of children' for first time in pandemic... by pkaye on Saturday January 02, 2021 @04:12PM (#25616579)

There is a button on the left to plot weekly rates.

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Re:Covid wards 'full of children' for first time in pandemic... by sjg007 on Saturday January 02, 2021 @12:53PM (#25614683)

It is certainly not linear.

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