The President of the National Institutes of Health Francis Collins warned on Sunday that as highly contagious variants of COVID Delta proliferate across the United States, “children are at very serious risks.”
“I think traditionally people would think,’Well, you know, kids won’t get sick because of this. The virus won’t really bother them.’ This is not evidence,” he said. Fox News Sunday.
He added: “More than 400 children have died of COVID-19, and we currently have nearly 2,000 children hospitalized, many of them in intensive care units, and some of them are less than 4 years old.”
When talking about masks, he said: “Politics and polarization hinder a simple public health measure, which is really unfortunate. This mask has become a symbol, but it shouldn’t have been. It’s basically just a lifesaver. Medical equipment, somehow, it is now seen as an infringement of your personal freedom.”
According to Reuters, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as of Saturday, more than 1,900 children in the U.S. had been hospitalized due to COVID-19. The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations has surged, especially in the South.
Children now account for approximately 2.4% of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States, Reuters Report Saturday.
Children under the age of 12 are still not eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, which makes many parents worry about the highly transmitted Delta variant.However, children 12 years and older can get Pfizer The vaccine has received emergency approval.
Saturday, one Mississippi eighth grade student dies Only a few hours after testing positive for the COVID-19 virus, shortly after Governor Tate Reeves stated that students are at a low risk of serious illness due to COVID-19, the report said Mississippi Liberty.
The unidentified girl attended Smith County School for most of the week before testing positive for COVID-19. On August 10, the school district forced students, faculty and staff to wear masks after several people tested positive for COVID.
Tate said at a press conference on Friday: “If you look at people under 12, you will find that anything else but a runny nose is very rare for children under 12.”
As of Saturday, Less than 60% of people Have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States. Collins warned that COVID cases will continue to rise, saying: “I would be surprised if we do not exceed 200,000 cases per day in the next few weeks.”
