{"id":2361562,"date":"2020-05-11T13:47:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T17:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futurity.org\/?p=2361562"},"modified":"2020-05-12T10:15:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T14:15:15","slug":"covid-19-kids-risk-2361562-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futurity.org\/covid-19-kids-risk-2361562-2\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 puts kids at greater risk than we thought"},"content":{"rendered":"
Children, teens, and young adults have a greater risk for severe complications from COVID-19 than previously thought, a new study shows.<\/p>\n
The study, the first to describe the characteristics of seriously ill pediatric COVID-19 patients in North America, also shows kids with underlying health conditions have an even greater risk.<\/p>\n
“The idea that COVID-19 is sparing of young people is just false,” says coauthor Lawrence C. Kleinman, professor and vice chair for academic development and chief of the department of pediatrics’ division of population health, quality, and implementation science at Rutgers University’s Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.<\/p>\n
“While children are more likely to get very sick if they have other chronic conditions, including obesity<\/a>, it is important to note that children without chronic illness are also at risk. Parents need to continue to take the virus seriously.”<\/p>\n The study followed 48 children and young adults\u2014from newborns to 21 years old\u2014admitted to pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in the United States and Canada for COVID-19 in March and April.<\/p>\n