RECORD—104,000 Americans missed work in Oct due to "childcare problems."
The record figure driven by many children falling sick #COVID, #flu, & #RSV—pediatric hospitals full.
This hurts worker and economic productivity—maybe stopping transmission good???
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Children's hospitals aren't the only ones drowning in respiratory patients—also general emergency depts, urgent care clinics, & pediatrician's offices. 
ED visits of kids age<5 for respiratory illness in NYC now HIGHER than last winter’s Omicron peak!
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![You can look at any news source to see children hospitalized with RSV, COVID and even flu. Hospitals are full. Schools across the country are struggling with higher than average absences.
COVID mortality is ranked 1st in deaths caused by infectious or respiratory diseases in children. There are long-term consequences as well. Approximately 5-10% of the 57,670,000 children (per CDC MMWR) who have been infected will have longer term impacts
This could harm our future workforce, and doctor appointments can create issues for their parent's employment I am asking you to stand up for hospital workers, school stall, child caregivers, employers, and children. All suffer the consequences of unmitigated spread of respiratory illness.
Viruses like these spread through the air. We need to address this quickly. Hospitals can't wait. We need to](data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="360" height="154"><rect fill-opacity="0"/></svg>)
![1- Clean the air with high filtration, fitted masks. Our American Mask Manufacturer's Association stands ready to work with our government to provide them
2- Clean the air using supplemental HEPA and ventilation These two things will change everything. Thank you. am asking you to stand up for hospital workers, school staff, child caregivers, employers, and children. All suffer the consequences of unmitigated spread of respiratory illness.
Viruses like these spread through the air. We need to address this quickly. Hospitals can't wait. For More
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79%
beckershospitalreview.com
Leading cause of death:
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.05.23.22275458v4
American Mask Manufacturers: ammaunited.org](data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="360" height="157"><rect fill-opacity="0"/></svg>)
![You can look at any news source to see children hospitalized with RSV, COVID and even flu. Hospitals are full. Schools across the country are struggling with higher than average absences.
COVID mortality is ranked 1st in deaths caused by infectious or respiratory diseases in children. There are long-term consequences as well. Conservative estimates show children infected with COVID get long COVID 5-10%.
Understand that approximately 79% of our 73 million children have been infected (CDC's MMWR). They can be infected more than once. This is tragic. We need to](data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="680" height="206"><rect fill-opacity="0"/></svg>)
![1- Clean the air with high filtration, fitted masks. Our American Mask Manufacturer's Association stands ready to work with our government to provide them
2- Clean the air using supplemental HEPA and ventilation These two things will change everything. Thank you. am asking you to stand up for hospital workers, school staff, child caregivers, employers, and children. All suffer the consequences of unmitigated spread of respiratory illness.
Viruses like these spread through the air. We need to address this quickly. Hospitals can't wait. For More
Information:
79%
beckershospitalreview.com
Leading cause of death:
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.05.23.22275458v4
American Mask Manufacturers: ammaunited.org](data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="360" height="194"><rect fill-opacity="0"/></svg>)
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