My last school opening article (a plea, really). Returning to school buildings full time next year will improve the mental health of young people, write @MonicaGandhi9 and @JeanneNoble18 wsj.com/articles/the-p… via @WSJOpinion
-CDC said last week adolescent hospitalizations due to COVID were on the rise, media picked up the message Not true: child cases and hospitalizations down 84% and 69% since Jan
-CDC failed to highlight that 20% of hospitalizations in their study Jan-March 2021 were psychiatric
-CDC failed to highlight that 20% of hospitalizations in their study Jan-March 2021 were psychiatric
-Mental health (MH) effects hard to study since healthcare utilization down & MH services for children already has gap
-Only way is to look at ED visits & suicides. Data from Children's Hospital Oakland: 66% increase in 10-17 screening yes for active or recent suicidal ideation
-Only way is to look at ED visits & suicides. Data from Children's Hospital Oakland: 66% increase in 10-17 screening yes for active or recent suicidal ideation
-CDC said last week adolescent hospitalizations due to COVID were on the rise, media picked up the message Not true: child cases and hospitalizations down 84% and 69% since Jan
-CDC failed to highlight that 20% of hospitalizations in their study Jan-March 2021 were psyc
-CDC failed to highlight that 20% of hospitalizations in their study Jan-March 2021 were psyc
-Similar data, CO and Connecticut
- California DPH public records data shows a 24% increase among children < 18 who died from suicide in 2020 than 2019 (with 10% decrease in adults, speaking to more stressors than that of pandemic on kids). 134 vs 108 suicides
- California DPH public records data shows a 24% increase among children < 18 who died from suicide in 2020 than 2019 (with 10% decrease in adults, speaking to more stressors than that of pandemic on kids). 134 vs 108 suicides
And California, this is my LAST paper I will write on school openings (I address CA because I live here & we have lowest return of kids to in-person learning among 50 states). It is the 13th and the saddest. Our adult vax+community rates can return our kids to normal life now.
CA did great job with vaccines! My 3 concerns:
1) Our school closures -worse in SF than surrounding counties & worse in CA than any other state
2) We closed outdoors in December, virus disperses effectively outside
3) Adult vaccine + pop immunity for unvax work better than masks
1) Our school closures -worse in SF than surrounding counties & worse in CA than any other state
2) We closed outdoors in December, virus disperses effectively outside
3) Adult vaccine + pop immunity for unvax work better than masks
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