As delta variant spreads, medical experts warn of risk to young children.
As the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus surges across the United States, unvaccinated populations remain the most vulnerable. Among them are young children below age 12, who are not yet eligible for vaccination, prompting medical experts to warn of a potential wave of cases in the fall to coincide with the coming school year.
“Last year, for example, you would have to give a child a really high infectious dose to make them sick, but with the virus that's more contagious, even what would be an insignificant exposure could get them sick,” said Dr. Carlos Oliveira, a pediatric infectious diseases doctor and assistant professor of pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine.As of July 8, more than 16,600 children had been hospitalized with the coronavirus, about 2.
O'Leary said he was also concerned about a potential “big fall surge with this delta variant” among school children, especially if higher vaccination rates are not achieved in the coming months in the country.in classrooms this fall, but that only applies to children 12 and up, leaving a large proportion of school-age children unprotected.
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