lost 20 pounds. he was very sick. yeah, he was vomiting. he vomited a lot. he was sweating more. oh, yeah. he expressed his discomfort more. just knew it. reporter: it has been a widely held belief that it virus doesn t get kids as sick as adults, but with the emergence of delta variant, that may be changing. the icu is being paed here with covid patients. this small girl behind me isn t even two years old. reporter: 18 children are being treated with covid here, six in the pediatric icu. kendall jaffrey has worked here throughout the pandemic and says it has never been this bad. over the last year we haven t seen as many kids get acute covid lung disease as much as we re seeing now that the delta variant is hitting them a lot harder and faster than we had seen in the past.
he was he couldn t he was vomiting. he vomited a lot. he sweating more. oh, yeah. he expressed discomfort more. you just knew it. reporter: it was a widely held belief throughout the covid-19 pandemic the virus doesn t get kids as sick as adults but that may be changing, especially here. the ic us packed here with covid patients. this small girl behind me isn t even two years old. there are 18 children being treated. six are in the pediatric icu. kendall is an icu nurse and worked here throughout the pandemic and says it s never been this bad. over the last year, we haven t seen as many kids get acute covid lung disease as much as we re seeing now, the delta variant is definitely hitting them a lot harder a lot faster than we ve seen in the past. reporter: it s a game changing? it is. the kids are definitely sicker than they have been. reporter: the surge across the country of covid-19 cases
doctor, when we talk about this recent spike in cases among kids, they ve been rising steadily since july. how concerned are you? very concerned. i mean, this is a much more contagious virus and it has the ability to figure out who is susceptible and who isn t. it s attacking the susceptible population. children between 12 and 17 can get a vaccine but only about one-third have and children less than 12 can t get a vaccine. they depend on those around them to protect them and in communities where vaccination rates are low, as president biden said, that s when these children are especially at high risk and you re about to go into the fall and winter when this virus is transmitted for easily and have children in schools, many of whom will be under vaccinated or unvaccinated and, you know, you have communities where this virus is spreading and the behavior this fall is different than last fall. we were masking and social distancing and a lot of schools never haopened.
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