COVID is more dangerous in children than the flu

New research reports that twice as many children were admitted with COVID-19 during the first 15 months of the pandemic compared to the number of children hospitalized with the flu during the two years before the pandemic. “I am not surprised by the findings due to the availability of influenza vaccinations during the study period for influenza and the unavailability of COVID-19 vaccines during the study period for COVID-19 infections,” said Zachary Hoy, M.D., pediatric infectious disease specialist at Pediatrix® Nashville Pediatric Infectious Disease. “There is also past immunity due to previous bouts of influenza, and this strain of COVID-19 was a novel virus,” said Dr. Hoy.

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