A small study suggests teens not yet vaccinated against COVID-19 face a low risk of hospitalization due to the virus. What’s more, the latest …
A small study suggests teens not yet vaccinated against COVID-19 face a low risk of hospitalization due to the virus. What’s more, the latest report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found zero deaths in a group of unvaccinated teens under study. Findings released Friday in the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) drew data from COVID-NET, a surveillance system accounting for about 10% of the national population across 14 states, finding that 204 adolescents aged 12-17 were hospitalized primarily for the virus from January to March 31, 2021. Of the total, nearly one-third were sent to an ICU and 5% required mechanical ventilation, however, there were no deaths. Another study period dating from March 2020 to April 2021 highlighted the remote risks of hospitalization among teens; the CDC report indicates weekly hospitalization rates hit a high at just 2.1 per 100,000 in January 2021, dropped to 0.6 in March and climbed to 1.3 the following month. Teens’ COVID-19 hospitalization rate was 12.5 times lower when compared with adults over age 18. Of the 204 patients,70.
