Is delta variant more dangerous for children? Growing number become very sick
The impact of rising COVID-19 cases, coupled with the other viruses, worries pediatricians like Dr. Natasha Burgert, a national spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics and practicing physician in Overland Park, Kansas.
While the flu can cause severe illness in kids, and even lead to death, Burgert said that the potential effects of COVID-19 are"beyond what flu would ever do."Burgert and colleagues all point to the potential for children with COVID-19 to developThat's when children develop dangerous inflammation around the heart and other organs, most often weeks after their initial infection.
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