year age period have not saw that virus, they are getting sick as well. that combined age group, a certain percentage is going to get respiratory and need oxygen. unfortunately, we have the delta variant affecting kid much more than the strain was. that s why pediatric hospitals are so full. one other thing i d like to point out is one year we seen this surge kids weren t getting as sick. so pediatric hospitals were able to admit some adult patients and help in that capacity. this year it s not possible. it s a strain on our testimony. how are they able to handle some of the case load or do you feel it s a matter of time before everyone is overwhelmed? yeah. so we re doing the best that we k. as i mentioned even when those patients are stuck in an emergency department, the nurse,, the physicians, the respiratory techs, we have been
the ting that s surprised u.s. and taken us aback, the reason is last year we were all masked and socially distanced, we saw no cases. this year because we have come out of that isolation, we are seeing an increase in cases, normally kids under the age of 1 get admitted to the hospitals. because the kids in the 1-to-2 year age period have not saw that virus, they are getting sick as well. that combined age group, a certain percentage is going to get respiratory and need oxygen. unfortunately, we have the delta variant affecting kid much more than the strain was. that s why pediatric hospitals are so full. one other thing i d like to point out is one year we seen this surge kids weren t getting as sick. so pediatric hospitals were able to admit some adult patients and help in that capacity.