15 Children Are Hospitalized With Mysterious Illness Possibly Tied to Covid-19
Source: New York Times
Fifteen children, many of whom had the coronavirus, have recently been hospitalized in New York City with a mysterious syndrome that doctors do not yet fully understand but that has also been reported in several European countries, health officials announced on Monday night.
Many of the children, ages 2 to 15, have shown symptoms associated with toxic shock or Kawasaki disease, a rare illness in children that involves inflammation of the blood vessels, including coronary arteries, the citys health department said.
None of the New York City patients with the syndrome have died, according to a bulletin from the health department, which describes the illness as a multisystem inflammatory syndrome potentially associated with Covid-19.
Reached late Monday night, the state health commissioner, Dr. Howard A. Zucker, said state officials were also investigating the unexplained syndrome.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/nyregion/children-Kawasaki-syndrome-coronavirus.html
Maxheader
(4,373 posts)Bad ass virus..blood clotting issues, permanent lung damage..
They can developed a vaccine, the question is when?
cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)what % of people that recover will have lung damage nor do we know how many will have negligible damage vs those that will have severe damage.
lark
(23,099 posts)The unknown is what is so freaking bad about this. Can you get re-infected as seems to have happened in Singapore and 1 other place - forget if it was SK or Japan, or were they not given good tests to begin with, how long are you protected by the antibodies, etc. etc. Can 1 vaccine be effective when there are 30 strains? Can we trust anything the drumpf admin. rolls out as a vaccine, seeing as drumpf will profit from it. You know this is true because he's refused to join the world effort which calls for everyone getting this for free or very low cost. He wants a super expensive vaccine that he will personally profit from, that's why he didn't join the world's efforts. Bet big money that we will not be able to get the world's vaccine here when it is developed, CDC and FDA will block it at his murderous oders.
JudyM
(29,237 posts)lend them to working on all the variants that gain cell entry that way. I havent seen anything saying that the spikes were different among the different variants, but couldve missed that in the ongoing flood of developments.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Which is itself worrying.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)pansypoo53219
(20,976 posts)RVN VET71
(2,690 posts)If it is related to C19, it is terrifying. Did all the children suffer from Covid-19?
Passing thought: Will the Lt. Governor of Texas and the rotund ex-governor of New Jersey explain how these kids' suffering is the price we all have to pay for a healthy stock-market?
CountAllVotes
(20,869 posts)He is devastated!
I'd never heard of it admittedly.
Will send him this link.
Thank you very much.
riversedge
(70,214 posts)CountAllVotes
(20,869 posts)He is one smart man and he speaks several languages.
This is so sad!