Thread by @denise_dewald

Pediatric COVID admissions are spiking in Ohio, and we already are one of the worst states for pediatric hospitalizations. Nine children have died of COVID in Ohio already. @GovMikeDeWine needs to do something.
cleveland.com/coronavirus/20…

Pediatric ID specialist Dr. Amy Edwards at Rainbow Babies Children's Hospital in Cleveland expects both the pediatric ICU and medical floors to be overwhelmed by the end of September or early October.

Note that a hospital stay for a kid with COVID-19 can last from several days to several weeks, especially if they are in the ICU. So this is going to have long-lasting impact on the ability of pediatric hospitals to continue to provide care for all kids.

https://twitter.com/denise_dewald/status/1426318422808449029?s=20

Rainbow Babies' parent hospital, University Hospitals, can expand to 300% of its capacity, but my question is, what sort of care will occur when that happens? I may be called on to help, but I haven't taken care of hospitalized patients for 8 years.

https://twitter.com/DGlaucomflecken/status/1429551102869921793?s=20

And of course, the article had to have the now seemingly obligatory eugenics statement: "While it’s less common for children with no previous medical problems to get severe COVID-19, they still can, she said."

As well as the obligatory gaslighting misinformation from early in the pandemic: "Kids under the age of 10 can spread COVID-19, but it’s very rare." cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspecti…

"Most of the pediatric COVID-19 cases at Rainbow involve unvaccinated children who have unvaccinated parents. Physicians don’t know if children in Rainbow were exposed to the coronavirus at home, in school or out in the community."

I am tired, y'all.

It's a highly contagious airborne infectious disease.

What were you expecting?

The solutions are out there. We just aren't using them. gospeakupamerica.com/deltaschools