(Tweet)Nina Bernstein@NinaBernstein1:Increased thirst, frequent urination, unintentional weight loss

[BeckyDem]

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( Free to be unvaccinated and unmasked is unconscionable.)

[DBoon]

1. Here is the original article which explains this OP

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/health/kids-covid-diabetes-cdc.html?referringSource=articleShare

Covid may raise the risk of diabetes in children, C.D.C. researchers reported.

Children who have recovered from Covid-19 appear to be at significantly increased risk of developing Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday.
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Dr. Saydah said it was not yet clear whether post-Covid Type 2 diabetes would be a chronic condition in these children, or a transient condition that resolves. (Type 1 diabetes is not reversible.) Most of the children were only followed about four and a half months.

The finding underscores the importance of vaccinating all eligible children against Covid, she added, and using measures like masking and distancing, especially to protect the youngest, who cannot yet be vaccinated.

“It’s really important for clinicians, pediatricians and parents to be aware of the signs and symptoms of diabetes, so they can get their kids diagnosed,” Dr. Saydah said. Increased thirst, frequent urination, unintentional weight loss and fatigue are among the telltale symptoms.

[BeckyDem]

3. Thank you!

[Bayard]

2. Since diabetes is an autoimmune disease

That would make sense.

Both my older sisters were Type 1 from the ages of 9 and 12, and died much too early. Its not a happy life.

Parents should not be allowed to push stupid on their kids.

[BeckyDem]

4. +1.

Omicron is clearly not mild, not in the sense anti-vaccinators believe.