COVID-19 update: Kids, boosters and cases
Though CDC data shows children under 12 made up less than 1% of all Covid deaths since January 2020, children are still getting the virus and many parents are scared. With the return to full in-person learning, this past September saw the most new cases and deaths for kids in the U.S., but a survey by Kaiser Family Foundation says barely one in three parents will permit their children to be vaccinated immediately. On the opposite end of the spectrum are those eligible for their booster shots and the latest — a mix-and-match strategy that allows adults to pick a booster different from the original shots they received. To answer questions on the latest COVID news, we were joined by a public health administrator and professors of medicine.
GUESTS:
Dr. Awais Vaid
Deputy Administrator & Epidemiologist, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District
Dr. Vidya Sundareshan
Professor and Chief of Infectious Diseases SIU School of Medicine, Medical Advisor to Sangamon County Department of Public Health
Dr. Douglas Kasper, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Section Head of Infectious Disease at University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
Nearly two million children ages 5 to 11 have been infected with the virus and 8,300 hospitalized. A third were admitted to ICUs and 171 have died. Getting young children vaccinated could be a game-changer for other reasons too, experts say.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 30, 2021
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