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https://www.king5.com/article/news/...heck/536-54080d17-b04c-41ca-b858-be50eb414c93
Author: Megan Loe, Ariane Datil
Published: 11:54 AM PST January 11, 2022
Updated: 3:50 PM PST January 11, 2022
Two United States Supreme Court justices have faced criticism online for claims made about flu deaths and child COVID-19 cases during oral argument over President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal workers and those employed at large companies.
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In the Supreme Court’s oral argument transcript, Justice Sonia Sotomayor is quoted as saying, “We have over 100,000 children, which we've never had before, in…serious condition and many on ventilators.”
If a person is in serious condition, they should be hospitalized. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine says a patient in serious condition may have vital signs that are “unstable and not within normal limits.” Additionally, the patient is “acutely ill,” Johns Hopkins Medicine says.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, there were 580,000 new child COVID-19 cases reported as of Jan. 6, 2022. However, only a small fraction of them are serious cases.
Data from the CDC shows fewer than 100,000 children ages 0-17 have been hospitalized for COVID-19 from Aug. 1, 2020 through Jan. 8, 2020. An average of 830 people in the same age group were admitted to the hospital every day during the week of Jan. 2-8, 2022, according to the CDC.
Data from the US Department of Health and Human Services shows that 4,661 children are hospitalized with suspected or laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States as of Jan. 10, 2022.
We can VERIFY Justice Sotomayor’s claim is false. There are not 100,000 kids with COVID-19 in the US in serious condition.
https://www.king5.com/article/news/...heck/536-54080d17-b04c-41ca-b858-be50eb414c93
Author: Megan Loe, Ariane Datil
Published: 11:54 AM PST January 11, 2022
Updated: 3:50 PM PST January 11, 2022
Two United States Supreme Court justices have faced criticism online for claims made about flu deaths and child COVID-19 cases during oral argument over President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal workers and those employed at large companies.
...
In the Supreme Court’s oral argument transcript, Justice Sonia Sotomayor is quoted as saying, “We have over 100,000 children, which we've never had before, in…serious condition and many on ventilators.”
If a person is in serious condition, they should be hospitalized. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine says a patient in serious condition may have vital signs that are “unstable and not within normal limits.” Additionally, the patient is “acutely ill,” Johns Hopkins Medicine says.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, there were 580,000 new child COVID-19 cases reported as of Jan. 6, 2022. However, only a small fraction of them are serious cases.
Data from the CDC shows fewer than 100,000 children ages 0-17 have been hospitalized for COVID-19 from Aug. 1, 2020 through Jan. 8, 2020. An average of 830 people in the same age group were admitted to the hospital every day during the week of Jan. 2-8, 2022, according to the CDC.
Data from the US Department of Health and Human Services shows that 4,661 children are hospitalized with suspected or laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States as of Jan. 10, 2022.
We can VERIFY Justice Sotomayor’s claim is false. There are not 100,000 kids with COVID-19 in the US in serious condition.
