Dr. Dave Hnida: COVID Can Wreck Kids' Lives

By Raetta Holdman, CBS Denver

June 7, 2021

(CBS4) – A third of the teens in the U.S. who got COVID between January and April ended up in the hospital, according to the Centers for Disease Control. CBS4 Medical Editor Dr. Dave Hnida addressed concerns for children and parents in his weekly question and answer session on CBSN Denver.

“This particular study did show teens can get sick enough to be in the hospital, be put in the intensive care units and in some cases, even put on respirators or ventilators,” he said.

Hnida did say a number of those teens were high risk with underlying conditions like asthma or were overweight.

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