Thread by @DrEricDing

⚠️Record pediatric hospitalization trajectory—surpassing winter pandemic peak. And this is August, historically the lowest season for pediatric hospitalizations. #DeltaVariant surge will worsen for kids.🧵

HT @jeremyfaust @bhrenton @kmpanthagani #COVID19

2) “Perhaps more alarming than the daily hospitalizations is the magnitude of the rise in recent weeks. Obviously we cannot predict whether this worrisome trend in pediatric hospitalizations will continue... But we must not ignore it.” says @jeremyfaust insidemedicine.bulletin.com/23706803963971…

3) This is also why teachers around the country and the world are worried about return to school when kids under 12 aren’t vaccinated and many places don’t have mask mandates.

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1427251951721488385

4) CDC had put in indoor air guidance for safe schools using ventilation and HEPA / UV air disinfection. But sadly most schools are not doing this!!

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1365678603212648461

5) If we don’t act and push strongly for mitigation, this is what can happen. Don’t let Florida and Texas let happen to their children happen to your where you live.

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1423118172857716736

6) ➡️Listen—Dr Mark Kline at Children's Hospital New Orleans: "#DeltaVariant is every infectious disease specialist's worst nightmare. There was a myth—that children were somehow immune—It has become very clear that children are heavily impacted"

7) The IQ drop of ~7 points from ICU ventilated #COVID19 is astronomical. This study is prefer reviewed too - and comes from recent national UK 🇬🇧 testing data of 80,000+ people. Even 2 point drop is huge—that’s ~lead poisoning IQ drop’ And we see that in mild cases.

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1419873294023602176

8) Many people pointed out that #DeltaVariant is driving a strong record surge in pediatric hospitalizations— those who downplay it or ignore these data are conflicted or have some agenda. The data is clear - kids are very vulnerable to #COVID19

https://twitter.com/yaneerbaryam/status/1426230661451558913

19) many of us have been warning about pediatric hospitalizations with #DeltaVariant.
I’ve been highlighting that India 🇮🇳 doctors have reported serious outcomes of #DeltaVariant months ago.

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1403132988255318021

20) “Oh, but someone should have warned us about the “Indian”-origin #DeltaVariant #B1617 #B16172 earlier” you say? Ummm, we did. Singapore MOH did too.

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1394380714041217026

21) Did Indian doctors really warn loudly about pediatric cases of #COVID19 with #DeltaVariant (then known as #B16172 / #b1617) long ago??? Yes. ➡️ This warning was from >3 months ago damnit!!! @CDCgov didn’t listen. The same week, @CDCDirector lifted mask restrictions instead.

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1393699856812740608

22) “oh India has low vaccination” some tried to dismiss concerns. But meanwhile here was #DeltaVariant surging the same week in heavily vaccinated UK 🇬🇧 3 months ago as well. It was ignored on the US side of the ocean.

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1394878655570997250

23) Dear all those who said young kids don’t transmit — you were wrong. Dead wrong. And this was even before Delta surge.

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1427681855286005760

24) Zero pediatric ICU beds in one of the largest counties in Florida. School starts this week. Mask mandates not allowed by state law. This will not end well.

https://twitter.com/readybroward/status/1427676698842107904