Depressing assessment of the likely coming surge of kids getting covid. TLDR: It's expected that without mitigating strategies (masks, mandatory staff/teacher vaccinations) that 80% of the 34 million kids who haven't yet had covid will get it in the next two months. 1% of kids who get covid go to the hospital. 1/3 of those are sick enough to need an ICU. The math doesn't work. Pediatric hospitals will be overwhelmedd so that not only will covid patients be able to get adequate care, every other child that needs a hospital will also not get adequate care.

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