Originally posted by BenGrahamReborn:
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everyone is either going to get it, or they are strong enough not to get it - we will all come in contact with it VERY VERY soon.
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Fortunately this barking cough is readily treatable. But its still children under age 5 getting sick from Omicron."Omicron in kids leading to a new but familiar illness: croup" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/omicron-variant-kids-croup-cough-rcna11170 So far, the omicron variant appears to be less severe than the delta variant, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday during a White House Covid-19 Response Team briefing.
"But remember the caveat: Rapid community spread is seeing larger numbers of children being hospitalized — again, mostly among the unvaccinated," said Fauci, the president’s chief medical adviser.
Al Qatarneh said he and his colleagues are concerned about what may occur in the coming weeks as
"We are still two to three weeks away from the peak of omicron," he said. "The smart thought is to get ready for more patients getting bronchiolitis in children and infants."
