children <14 who were hospitalized with #COVID19 in the past 2 weeks— kids age 0-1 hospitalizations now even rivaling  in age 65-84!!!  https://sltrib.com/news/2022/01/2

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======== Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing · Replying to @DrEricDing 2) in the past two weeks as the number of serious infections explodes, especially among infants and kids younger than 5. For very young children, one pediatric specialist said, the omicron variant may not be so much “milder” than previous strains of the virus.
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Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing · 4) The omicron variant “attacks the [upper] airways more than the lungs, and younger children have smaller airways,” Pavia explained. Many infants and young kids being admitted in recent weeks have had a barking, “croup-like” cough.
======== Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing · 5) “This is pretty miserable,” Pavia said in a news conference last Friday. “If your child has it, they struggle to breathe, they have a lot of secretions and they need oxygen.”