Thread by @DrEricDing

Hey Elon Musk—remember when you said “Kids are essentially immune”? ➡️Well I got an update for ya… "#COVID19 is a *leading* cause of death in children and young people ages 0-19 years in the United States". #CovidIsNotOver #BringBackMasks #COVIDIsAirborne medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

2) Also @elonmusk — remember when you said there will be probably close to 0 cases by April 2020? Well, over a million people have died since you said that in March 2020. Be a little self reflective of your over-confidence in right wing misinfo. Listen to epidemiologists.

3) Maybe you were also misled by this person. Kids are not immune. More kids have died of COVID in 2022 (so far) than in all of first two pandemic years combined!

4) is COVID a leading cause of death in kids? The new data says yes.

HY @dgurdasani1

5) It’s not just COVID— influenza-like illness is extremely high in the US now. Mass infection of COVID also likely weakened immune systems too. The CDC almost never uses the purple color shading of high risk. It does now in multiple states.

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1588922714529890307

6) Just how bad is “Influenza-like illness” surging in the US? This BAD… we are on track to surpass many previous years… and to pass them a full month earlier than normal peak! COVID or Flu or RSV or other respiratory, let’s #BringBackMasks @CDCDirector — please, we beg you.

7) Let’s look at next #COVID19 associated ER visits… @CDCgov data clearly shows more kids sent to the ER in 2022 has been extremely high. Kids are ***not*** immune @elonmusk.
cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/…

8) Have kids hospitalizations stopped in 2022 after Omicron wave last winter? It’s only slowed in vaccinated age group. ➡️ Hospitalizations for #COVID19 have actually only further increased rapidly in kids 6 months to 4 years!!! Young kids not immune. Low vax uptake too.

9) But wait, are these reported #COVID hospitalizations actually for true COVID??? Yes. 86% of kids age 6months to 4 years who hospitalized… ➡️“PRIMARILY ADMITTED FOR COVID”. So yes, it’s because of COVID—not merely admitted “with COVID”. Don’t fall for that disinfo. It’s COVID.

10) I have been sharing COVID data and debunking nonsense since the beginning of the pandemic. For more updates, and in case something happens to Twitter, consider subscribing: thank you.
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11) Note to sociopaths out there: kids are NOT supposed to die. It does NOT matter if a kid hospitalized or dead from COVUD has a co-morbidity or not— they are still just kids Damnit! Go grow a conscience and learn some empathy. 😡

12) Let’s cross over the pond to UK— more kids have died of #COVID19 in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in the first 10 months of 2022 than versus same period of 2020 and 2021! COVID is now worse for kids than ever before.

HT @Antonio_Caramia

13) Now we must act: The Supreme Court agrees TSA has the authority to enact a mask mandate. The TSA and CDC must now act to save lives and prevent hospital overload… read my essay here:

drericding.substack.com/p/now-we-must-…

14) something something “kids are immune” @elonmusk? No they aren’t. More kids have been hospitalized for #COVID in 2022 in England than two previous years combined.
#BringBackMasks

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1589699184227078144