Over a quarter million peds covid infections last week

[SheltieLover]

https://www.rawstory.com/children-and-19-2654932802/

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‘Exponential’ increase: More than a quarter million children contracted COVID just last week -- the most ever

COVID-19 infection cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are skyrocketing, due to the delta variant, still large numbers of Americans who refuse to get vaccinated or wear masks, and children going back to school, many with no mask or vaccine mandates.

Well over a quarter-million children contracted COVID-19 just last week, according to a joint report from the Children's Hospital Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics which tracks all cases at the state level. It is the highest number of child coronavirus cases ever reported, ABC News reports.COVID-19 infection cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are skyrocketing, due to the delta variant, still large numbers of Americans who refuse to get vaccinated or wear masks, and children going back to school, many with no mask or vaccine mandates.

"251,781 child COVID-19 cases were reported the past week from 8/26/21-9/2/21" the report states, noting there have now been more than 5 million cases of coronavirus in children. Children represented more than a quarter (26.8%) of all the weekly reported cases, a 10% increase to the total.

Links to report in story. More at link.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. This will have an impact on the future for sure.

[SheltieLover]

5. Sure will, given that 1 in 12

Will likely suffer some form of long haul, per Dr. Eric Ding, Harvard epidemiologist (twitter).

[Treefrog]

2. I really flinched when I saw President Biden hug a young child today. Both maskless.

Kid definitely under 12.

I know he’s a hugging kind of guy, but I wish he wouldn’t take those kind of chances.

[SheltieLover]

6. Omg!

[Treefrog]

9. He was around a lot of maskless people.

He hugged a man as well who was wearing his mask on his chin.

Maybe I’m paranoid, but I sure wouldn’t be hugging strangers right now.

[SheltieLover]

10. Absolutely!

When I'm around humans, I'm in a tightly fot 3M N-95 & glasses, sometimes a cap with a brim. 😷

[Treefrog]

11. Same here.

I saw an old friend this past week, normally we’d give each other a hug after so much time. But we didn’t.

I’m not even a hugger really, but it made me sad.

[SheltieLover]

12. This whole scenario is sad.

[roamer65]

3. Hang onto your hats.

Here we go.

October, November, December…

[SheltieLover]

7. Poor kids!

[tritsofme]

4. They really need to get vaccines approved for 5-11 year olds.

[SheltieLover]

8. For sure!