A bunch of local parents I know throughout the region who have kids of various ages with pre-existing upper respiratory conditions and therefore go to CHOP for all of their annual well-checks have been talking about their upcoming appointments (for at least the next month or two) being recently cancelled en masse via email blast. I’m guessing they were cancelled not just because of a lack of space/current overcrowding, but because nobody wants to risk acutely healthy kids coming into doctors offices and hospitals and picking up something while there. A lot of these appointments were made MONTHS or even a year in advance so rescheduling to be seen soon by their specific pediatrician or specialist isn’t gonna happen. And the same medical shit show is happening simultaneously all over the country.