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“The intrinsic severity of Omicron BA.2 is not mild as evident by the fatality and severe complications of the uninfected and unvaccinated children,” said researchers in thehas not yet been peer-reviewed or published, and its results have not been replicated. However, the indication of an increase in serious illness with this variant underscores the need for more children to be vaccinated. Currently, only 27.
Children hospitalized with BA.2 were more likely to develop croup, have febrile seizures, be admitted to the pediatric ICU, and die than children hospitalized with previous variants, influenza, or parainfluenza.
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