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Down to 37% effective in kids 2 through 5. now, moderna says these efficacy numbers are basically the same as adults, if they re fighting up against omicron, but if children were less likely to get sick in the first place what do you tell a parent who might be skeptical about getting their kid vaccinated saying what s the point, 37%? i think it s important to really look at what that vaccine efficacy means. kids are just as likely to get this as adults are. kids are less likely to get very sick from it. what we have seen time and time again with these vaccines is that while they may only provide a small amount of protection or modest amount of protection from any infection, they re extremely good at preventing hospitalization, severe infection and death. while kids are less likely for that to happen, we are seeing more kids getting hospitalized, going to the icu, especial ly during this omicron phase. it is really important for us to ....
Data that i ve seen, it is not this covid vaccine is not as effective in kids as it is adults. so what do you say to that? yeah, no, i mean that is definitely through, right? so when you look at it in relation to adult covid illness for sure, kids formatunately ha been less impacted even through delta and omicron relative to adults ths thankfully. but during the omicron phase, we had about one in five hospitalized patients ending up in the icu. so relative to adults, covid is definitely less impactful for pediatric patients, but still is a significant cause of illness in this age group. and when you look at it in context of just pediatric illnesses, covid has actually become one of the leading causes of death in pediatric patients. and so with respect to the fact that kids are less affected, ....
Floating around. and it s still very much there. and the most blunt tools we have to contain it. like non-pharmaceutical interventions. like lockdowns shutting things down. that all leads us to this kind of strange period where we are now. the modeling through phase. modeling through the omicron phase. we know is going to be disruptive. that transmits it is so high. you heard doctor fauci acknowledge that. and what i thought was striking language. saying it factored in the cdc s decision to shorten the recommended length of quarantine. there are going to be so many people testing positive for omicron, long periods of disrupt the functioning of our society. we ve already seen flashes of that. industries are hit with outbreaks. in airlines canceling thousands of flights last few days. sports leagues canceling, postponing games. on monday, a record 96 nfl ....
Done, the governor in colorado has started to dismantle the rules. new york, connecticut, they re looking at similar rules, dismantle ing the rules coming . this means that governors believe that the end of the pandemic, at least the pandemic phase of the pandemic is here. and now, we are moving on to some other phase. pandemic or whatever you want to call it. the hope is this won t ban mask mandates as some have done, but it will allow parents to make their own decisions if kids can wear masks in school. who would know that the mask would be such a rallying cry for so many and become so controversial. new jersey, which got hit so hard at the beginning of the pandemic, the cases during the omicron phase went way up. and the deaths were way up. ....
Frontline staff are caring for patients who need intensive care after falling critically ill with Covid-19, according the latest HSE report. Disease monitoring . ....