Opinion: As Delta spreads, it’s time to put children’s health first
As pediatricians, we are committed to putting children’s health first. Last year, though, when hospitals filled with adults with Covid-19, we turned our attention to caring for them. Across the country, pediatric units were closed to make room for sick adults.
Our pediatric patients didn’t complain, and neither did we. Although kids appeared to be largely spared by the virus during the early phase of the pandemic, we saw with our own eyes the gravity of severe Covid-19-related illness in young people: more than 100 children in our hospitals’ ICUs required life-saving treatment due to Covid-19 and many more have persistent symptoms that affect their daily lives.
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