Covid-19 infection rates among kids have risen and children’s hospitals are seeing a spike in medical care needs among the young patients.
, the hospital has been at bed capacity for weeks and the number of Covid cases among kids is projected to grow for the next two to three months. It remains particularly concerning as children under 12 remain the most vulnerable to Covid since they are not yet able to receive the vaccinations.
Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock had 23 patients under 18 admitted to its system last week. Ten were in the ICU and five were on ventilators. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said Friday that there are 13 children hospitalized with Covid at Children's Hospital New Orleans, including six kids under the age of 2. Four children are in the ICU, including a 3-month-old boy, 23-month-old girl, an 8-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy.
Local reactions to these growing numbers are mixed, however. The governors of Texas and Florida, who are both Republicans, have refused to change course on their opposition to mask use and any other precautions, even after President Joe Biden implored them to “please help” or “get out of the way.”Meanwhile, the Covid surge and resulting hospitalization rate have grown so bad in Arkansas that Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, recently advocated for a mask mandate in schools there.
Wearing masks to prevent the spread of Covid, elementary school students walk to classes to begin their school day in Godley, Texas, on Aug. 5, 2020.Many of the doctors interviewed expressed frustration that a large number of people within their community remained unvaccinated and even openly hostile to the measure. It is having a negative effect on morale, many said, especially as the work once again increases.
A child watches as a nurse administers a shot of COVID-19 vaccine during a pop-up vaccination event at Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville, Ky., on April 26, 2021.“Hopefully, there will be emergency authorization soon after we release the data, but we have to face the reality of beginning the school year without it,” he said.
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