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CompasslessPigeon t1_it7me19 wrote
My friends 7 week old nearly died 3 weeks ago from rhinovirus. His O2 when they got to childrens was 82%. He was on something like 22 liters per minute of oxygen by high flow nasal cannula to keep his oxygen level up. Spent a week in the hospital half in the PICU. His spit was basically carbonated they pumped him so full of oxygen. Super scary, and both parents are healthcare workers, so it was recognized quickly that he was sick.
brokeirishff t1_iu0ocpt wrote
We have now. Kindergarten class/no sto Mine has been out for a week. Seems like a very weird virus.
Usedtoknowsomeone46 t1_it6ucfv wrote
Totally normal guys don't ask any questions.
Kodiak01 t1_it7irxv wrote
If it's requiring hospitalization, there are likely comorbidities in play given how prevalent RSV actually is.
https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv
>Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infects the lungs and breathing passages, and, in the United States, nearly all children have been infected with RSV by age two. In healthy people, symptoms of RSV infection are usually mild and resolve within a week. However, RSV can cause serious illness or death in vulnerable individuals, including premature and very young infants, children with chronic lung disease or congenital heart disease, and people who are over age 65.
Wouldn't be surprised if many of those being hospitalized also had covid at some point.
Luxurydeals365 t1_it81nju wrote
My baby was 4 months old, breastfed, born full term, no other health issues and was hospitalized for 2 days for RSV in July. Luckily he’s made a full recovery but I was blindsided.
tilario t1_it9hoan wrote
mine was a month old and spent 12 days in the hospital. sucked. hard.
hard-time-on-planet t1_it9b38d wrote
Your comment about them having covid at some point reminds me of something I heard on wnpr
> “There’s some evidence that the virus SARS-CoV-2, even in asymptomatic, mild cases, may suppress the B cell, which is responsible for antibody production,” he said. “We know that about 85% of the kids have had COVID at some point, could have had a mild decrease in their B cells and perhaps that set him up for more severe RSV, severe rhinovirus, severe adenovirus, and potentially severe influenza.
Or here is a different way the pandemic could have had an effect
> At Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, Dr. Thomas Murray, associate medical director for Infection Prevention, said the pandemic mask-wearing, hand hygiene, and social distancing kept respiratory infections low. As families have been relaxing those COVID-19 generated precautions, it’s exposing a population of children who previously had minimal exposure to respiratory viruses of all kinds.
> “Virtually every child by the age of two would have had RSV,” he said. “And now we have children who are probably close to 3 years old who may never have had RSV. So the total number of kids that are getting RSV for the first time is likely to be much higher.”
Smokeshow-Joe t1_it7kk5i wrote
This hit my boys …but they are older and we caught it early so we managed to stay out of the hospital. When my little guy was still little though….we got to take a helicopter ride to the icu when we didn’t recognize the severity right away. If they can’t clear the wheezing …don’t wait .
red_purple_red t1_it81ys1 wrote
Just build more hospitals. Its better to have excess capacity than to run out of beds.
Starpip123 t1_it8sr19 wrote
Unfortunately, there’s not enough staff for excess hospitals. We have trouble staffing the hospitals we do have.
ProInvestCK t1_it8ki5y wrote
Maybe this is why I’ve been coughing for a month straight
United-Hyena-164 t1_it9llnv wrote
Fuuuuuucccck
DistrictBaguette t1_it8a8hp wrote
Weird for profit healthcare system has record profits. Why don’t these children care about the stock prices of these companies?
tangosis t1_it9u4ck wrote
There are no "for profit" hospitals in CT. UConn John Dempsey is state run. All other major hospitals are not-for-profit. These facilities are doing they best they can with the resources available. Many of them don't have the staff or capacity to combat these sudden surges.
DistrictBaguette t1_itc6rjd wrote
Sit the fuck down. I said for profit healthcare system. Implying our insurance system which dictates the outcomes of every hospital.
poojokesarefunny t1_it72bz1 wrote
Can't call it COVID anymore, but we all know that's what's happening
[deleted] t1_it72w5x wrote
Its RSV, not Covid.
mikeokay t1_it7j5v8 wrote
For my son it was actually just the rhinovirus actually.
yeahgoodok2020 t1_it7gw5q wrote
My infant daughter just had Covid followed by RSV back to back.
Definitely nervous about the long term consequences of Covid, but her reaction to RSV was a lot more severe in the moment (and personally terrifying).
Both viruses are rapidly on the rise with kids back in school, and I'm nervous how bad this Flu season is going to be.
mikeokay t1_it7ip51 wrote
That really sucks. I hope she’s doing better now
tangosis t1_it9upra wrote
My son was 5 months old when he got COVID, and luckily, it wasn't that bad. 3 months later, he contracta RSV and we spend 3 nights at Yale New Haven while he's hooked up to IV and high flow oxygen. It was absolutely frightening. Luckily, we just got his flu booster in time for the season, but I'm hoping to keep it at 2/3 for the year.
marche_au_supplice t1_it767y6 wrote
I actually don’t know what’s happening, care to enlighten me?
BeadyEyedThieves t1_it77xoi wrote
RSV, and the weekly admission across 3 hospitals went from 54 to slightly over 100, when the 3 children's hospitals have 84 beds between them. So, that's definitely a CRISIS ERMAGERDDDD.
I guess people don't realize that hospitals are financially incentivized to run as close to capacity as possible. So it's pretty inevitable that a positive influx in any type of disease is going to result in being "over capacity". Also people have a much higher propensity to bring their child to the hospital when they're sick with something because it's scary and it's their child. Better to be told to go home than to need to be at the hospital when you're up against the clock.
makeusqwirt t1_it78uu4 wrote
I realized it🙋♂️
[deleted] t1_it85k4p wrote
I’ll pass on your invented “we” and go with what the doctors are saying thanks. Perhaps you can talk about it with your friends on Facebook.
grapeaperapegape t1_it76t71 wrote
How many of these children were given the experimental Covid injections?
Pertinax126 t1_it7asbr wrote
What leads you to connect COVID vaccines to contracting a different disease?
your_inner_monologue t1_it7b26n wrote
They have foxnewsitis
Mike-El t1_it7ongy wrote
Gotta listen to the other news that told everyone they would not get Covid at all once they get vaccinated. As did Biden, and Fauci.
Pertinax126 t1_it7q2sr wrote
Care to share examples of where they said vaccinated people wouldn't get COVID? 'Cause that ain't how the vaccine works.
Mike-El t1_it7ronu wrote
Oh trust me, I know that’s it how they work. Problem is, in order to push them they told people they would not get it if vaccinated. This post is a video of some saying it.
iStealyournewspapers t1_it9lgm9 wrote
Literally no one overseeing safety measures ever said that.
Mike-El t1_it9lrq4 wrote
Well when the president of the United States says it, and Fauci say it, people tend to believe them.
iStealyournewspapers t1_it9z7lp wrote
Fauci just said that being vaccinated makes you safe, and not being vaccinated puts you at risk. I can be safe in my house and a meteor could still crash through my ceiling and kill me, but it’s super unlikely, so I’m basically safe.
Mike-El t1_itbepg6 wrote
“When people are vaccinated, they can feel safe that they are not going to get infected”
your_inner_monologue t1_it7xzt7 wrote
Or just dont watch cable news like a normal human
MBHockey t1_it8bnl0 wrote
his lack of education
grapeaperapegape t1_it8wbo7 wrote
Ever heard of side effects?
Pertinax126 t1_it8x1ay wrote
Of course I have. To what side effects are you referring?
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[deleted] t1_it85mj4 wrote
Yikes, please don’t breed.
BeadyEyedThieves t1_it79si2 wrote
The settled science changed, because we move at the speed of science.
Pertinax126 t1_it7aogu wrote
> settled science
Gah! I hate that term. It flies in the face of what science is. No science should be settled since science is about expanding and improving what we know. No theory, no hypothesis, no idea should be so sacrosanct that we should be re-testing or re-validating. No aspect of science should be settled.
BeadyEyedThieves t1_it7bc6y wrote
My comment was sarcastic LOL. And yes, only troglodytes use this phrase. They believe in scientism (start with a preconceived hypothesis, gather data that supports the hypothesis, dismiss data that goes against the hypothesis and label anyone who points it out as a conspiracy theorist, get some bullshit peer reviewed paper published, then shout "trust the experts").
mikeokay t1_it7ikf8 wrote
Happened to my 17 month old son last week and it was terrifying. He was on constant albuterol through an oxygen mask for about 24 hours after being rushed via ambulance from the pediatrician to the childrens ED. He was released the next evening and is doing really well now. He did not have Covid, not even RSV or anything else like that. It was just the damn Rhinovirus.
Scary couple of days for sure.