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Old 01-12-2022, 01:55 PM
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Interesting, I wasn't able to find any articles debunking this. Recent articles still claim a surge in pediatric hospitalizations.

But let's say it has been debunked. Does that mean there is no surge in pediatric hospitalizations and the reports of beds filling and children in hallways are just exaggerations? Or, if a non-Covid surge is truly happening, then what is the cause?

(I really did try to find an answer to whether more children are being hospitalized for all reasons but I haven't found those numbers yet)
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, the most recent numbers show that in states reporting, 0.00%-0.02% of all child COVID-19 cases resulted in death.
If there were two children hospitalized with Covid and now there are six, I guess that constitutes a “surge”. Hospitalizations would have tripled… When working with very small numbers, sometimes it makes sense to look at the actual numbers not the percentage change.