chief of the critical care medicine at seattle children s hospital and also an associate at washington school of medicine. doctor, thank you for joining us. earlier this week, the american academy of pediatrics reported that covid cases among american children and teens jumped 84% in a week. what are you seeing right now at your hospital? we certainly are seeing an increase in the number of children being hospitalized with covid, and particularly with more severe covid-19 infection. and these who are hospitalized principally, people who haven t been vaccinated, is that right? yes. we re seeing teens who are not vaccinated and younger children who are largely from families, in which the other eligible family members aren t vaccinated. yeah. you know, in terms ofñrlp the m
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Most callers to my radio program are worried about AstraZeneca, but their fears are misplaced
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Every week I host a two-hour radio program about health issues on national commerical radio. The most common talkback calls I am receiving at the moment and the most common email inquiries are all around the clotting risk of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The level of paranoia is alarming.
Some callers have had blood clots and think this puts them at extra risk of experiencing the extemely rare cases of clotting associated with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Others are on blood thiners and so think AstraZeneca is not for them. Many over-50s think the government’s advice in April restricting Moderna and Pfizer to younger Australians means they are missing out on the “gold standard”. All of this is contributing to an unwillingness to get vaccinated with
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