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As pediatricians throughout Western Pennsylvania, we care for our region’s youngest patients and witness firsthand the impact of this pandemic on our youth. We know pediatric patients are struggling with the challenges of virtual schooling, mental health, lack of physical activity and other health and wellness components.
We all want to see an end to the pandemic and a successful return to in-person schooling for all students across our region, as well as a return to general wellness for all. Our hope is if we continue our mitigation efforts as a community, we can each do our part to support those goals.
As we craft this letter in support of our nurse leader colleagues, Allegheny County has seen an alarming increase in the trend of daily new cases since then â case counts ranging from several hundred to over 1,000 new cases per day â and a cumulative total of over 575 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Allegheny County alone.
As pediatricians throughout Western Pennsylvania, we care for our regionâs youngest patients and witness firsthand the impact of this pandemic on our youth. We know that pediatric patients are struggling with the challenges of virtual schooling, mental health, lack of physical activity, and other health and wellness components.