CDC, adolescents aged 12–17 years
Covid-19 hospitalization rates, among adolescents
Declined in January and February
Increased during March to April
Variants, return to school, behavioural change
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7023e1.htm?s_cid=mm7023e1_w%20[cdc.gov]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/06/04/covid-teenagers-increasing-hospitalizations/
Severe disease that requires hospitalization occurs in all age groups
Some risk of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
COVID-19–associated hospitalizations, January 1–March 31
CDC’s covid-19-associated surveillance network
Laboratory-confirmed covid-19 hospitalizations
99 counties across 14 states
Covering about 10 percent of the U.S. population
376 hospitalized with a positive test
204 hospitalized primarily for CoViD
But, of these 204, 64 (31.4%) admitted to ICU
4.9% required invasive mechanical ventilation
No associated deaths
Among the 204 patients
52.5% were female
31.4% were Hispanic or Latino
35.8% were non-Hispanic Black
70.6% had one or more underlying medical conditions
Obesity, 35.8%
Chronic lung disease, including asthma, 30.9%
Neurologic disorders, 14.2%
Nearly 30% no reported underlying condition
March 1, 2020 to April 24, 2021
COVID-19–associated adolescent hospitalization rate, 12.5 times lower than aged ≥18 years
Adolescent hospitalization rates comparable to aged 0–4 years,
but higher than rates among children aged 5–11
October 1, 2020 to April 24, 2021
2.5–3.0 times higher than influenza-associated hospitalization rates
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky
I am deeply concerned by the numbers of hospitalized adolescents and saddened to see the numbers of adolescents who required treatment in intensive care units or mechanical ventilation
Much of this suffering can be prevented
Vaccination is our way out of this pandemic
I continue to see promising signs in CDC data that we are nearing the end of this pandemic in this country;
however, we all have to do our part and get vaccinated to cross the finish line
Andrew Pavia, professor of pediatrics and infectious diseases, University of Utah
Flu very rarely causes long-term symptoms and organ damage — unlike covid-19
Adolescents have many reasons to get vaccinated as soon as possible,
including their own health,
the ability to help control covid-19 among more vulnerable groups
and the ability to return to normal life
Dave Rubin, director PolicyLab, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/06/05/restrictions-lifted-normalcy/
You may see some vestiges of outbreaks in particular areas that have lower vaccination rates,
but they’ll be harder to sustain themselves and actually grow into these major outbreaks
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