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Originally Posted by Becca9800
Well of course, no one would want that to happen to any child.
Were the kids in ICU under 12? Couldn't have had the vaccine in any event, they don't qualify if under 12 yo. The article also doesn't discuss the kids health histories. Are these cases where the kid has significant co-morbidities? We're all too well aware that those w co-morbidities were THE most vulnerable with the first wave of C19? Is there reason yet to believe this isn't the case w this latest wave?
I've read several articles who cite studies that show while this Delta variant is more contagious, it is not more deadly.
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As with covid from the start, with people pointing out that most won't die from it, it's moot if you are one of the unlucky ones.
as long as those eligible for the vaccine refuse to get it, the Delta variant will spread and because more people will get it, a percentage of those will get very sick and some will die. in the process, Delta may mutate to another form that is even more readily transmissible and possibly more deadly. A virus wants to continue to live and will find ways of doing it. as others point out, polio, small pox, chicken pox, measles all still exist but enough people got vaccinated that the virus died from lack of hosts.
and for those people who choose not to get vaccinated, I wonder how many are still wearing a mask. I would guess most don't because how can you check?