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Originally Posted by Bill14564
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)
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""We test anybody who’s admitted to the hospital for whatever reason to see whether or not they have Covid, and we’re definitely seeing an increase in cases. However, we’re really not seeing an increase in children who are hospitalized for Covid or in the intensive care unit for Covid," Offit said.
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, patients are counted among those with Covid if they are suspected of having or laboratory-confirmed positive for the disease, even if they were not originally admitted to the hospital for that reason."
Child Covid hospitalizations are up, especially in 5 states