doing again. >> the e.r. is seeing a spike in kids and parents seeking testing and bogging down triage for the desperately ill. >> we're suing mild conditions, known covid exposures and a lot of them are really seeking testing. >> reporter: like previous waves, the sickest kids, those needing hospitalization, are having a tough time breathing. >> so they are getting a lot of respiratory symptoms as we've been expecting. pneumonias, needing respiratory support to then them both better. >> viral spread expected to spread. >> the problem is with so many kids and children infected, own if 9% hospital rate is lower,