— CDC Emergency (@CDCemergency) August 6, 2020
Though children requiring hospitalization remains rare, about one in three hospitalized children ended up in intensive care units — roughly the same rate as hospitalized adults.
“These data will help to better define the clinical spectrum of disease in children and the contributions of race and ethnicity and underlying medical conditions to hospitalizations and outcomes,” the report said. “Reasons for disparities in COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates by race and ethnicity are not fully understood.”
pushing for fully reopening classrooms and teaching in-person, and has said children’s immune systems are strong and that they’ll recover quickly if they do get infected.” data-reactid=”32″>The CDC is calling for more information to study public health data to determine what is causing the racial and ethnic disparities in hospitalization rates and how the medical profession can make changes to decrease the risks. There is also an immediate need to learn more as schools consider reopening plans this fall. Trump has been pushing for fully reopening classrooms and teaching in-person, and has said children’s immune systems are strong and that they’ll recover quickly if they do get infected.
“Long-standing inequities in the social determinants of health, such as housing, economic instability, insurance status, and work circumstances of patients and their family members have systematically placed social, racial, and ethnic minority populations at higher risk for COVID-19 and more severe illness, possibly including MIS-C,” the CDC study stated.
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— HHS.gov (@HHSGov) August 7, 2020
The CDC also recommended kids wash their hands often and engage in social distancing, and also that kids aged 2 and older should wear a mask when with people outside of their families.
“Ongoing monitoring of hospitalization rates, clinical characteristics, ICU admission, and outcomes in the pediatric population is important to further characterize the morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 in children,” the CDC states.
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