A boom in COVID-19 hospitalizations for children has been driven by states like Florida, Texas and Georgia, but the numbers in California have been less dire.
But “none of us would accept even a 1 in 10,000 chance of our child being killed or maimed when we could do something to reduce that risk,” said Dr. Brad Spellberg, chief medical officer for L.A. County-USC Medical Center on the Eastside, the flagship public hospital for the county.
Among the nation’s three most-populous states, the rate for new daily pediatric hospitalizations for COVID-19 per 100,000 children in Florida is 1.32; in Texas, it’s 0.57; and in California, it’s 0.2.Experts say California is likely faring better because of relatively higher vaccination rates. Children under the age of 12 are not yet eligible for vaccines, but they can be better protected from COVID-19 if teenagers and adults around them are fully vaccinated, according to experts.
Delta “is not discriminating whether you have underlying problems or not,” said Dr. Daisy Dodd, a pediatric infectious-disease specialist with Kaiser Permanente Orange County. “It’s hitting anybody that is not immunized.” Because Delta is so highly transmissible, “you will see more children likely get infected,” Fauci said at a recent briefing. And “even though the percentage is small — a certain percentage of children will require hospitalization.”
Still, some families who have endured the virus caution that people should not be cavalier about what it means for a child to get COVID-19.A few weeks ago, Naomi Wilson had stopped at Starbucks after running an errand and was alarmed to realize that she couldn’t taste her brown sugar oatmilk shaken espresso.
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