If More Adults Don't Get Vaccinated, More Kids Will Get COVID-19 - Healthline

As of July 22, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was reporting that 56.4 percent of people in the United States have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Schieffelin, associate professor of pediatrics and internal medicine in the sections of pediatric and adult infectious diseases at Tulane University School of Medicine, vaccinations among all eligible age groups are slowing even while the rate of COVID-19 cases is increasing dramatically in 49 U.S.

“This will likely trigger an increase in cases among younger children in the near future.”.

Schieffelin also said that, while long-haul COVID-19 symptoms are less common in children than in adults, it can affect them as well.

He pointed to a recent study from Switzerland showing that 4 percent of children diagnosed with COVID-19 had symptoms for more than 12 weeks after their diagnosis.

Niraj Patel, chair of the ACAAI COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force, 0.00 to 0.26 percent of all COVID-19 deaths in the United States have been children.

Also, among the states that reported data, 0.00 to 0.03 percent of pediatric COVID-19 cases have resulted in death.

Patel said there have been 4,087,916 cases of COVID-19 in children and a total of 10,628 deaths.

Patel also noted that the number of cases of pediatric COVID-19 is rising.

Over the course of 2 weeks (July 1–15, 2021), there was a 1 percent increase in the cumulated number of child cases.

Because of all the above risks, Schieffelin said it’s important for people who are eligible to get vaccinated to do so.

“An increased number of cases in one age group is likely to spill over into other age groups,” he said.

Experts are concerned about the continued increase in COVID-19 cases and say people need to continue to get vaccinated to avoid a new surge