Hospitalisation Rates in Children

[ClimbDad]

Mumsnet removed a thread discussing hospitalisation and risks to children following the LBC interview with the hospital matron.

The Department of Health publishes hospitalisation figures by age. Daily hospitalisation of children is currently averaging 40 to 50 admissions.

coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/healthcare?areaType=nation&areaName=England

The admissions criteria is designed to exclude children who are in hospital for other reasons and catch Covid-19.

I don’t know what we consider an acceptable level of risk. We haven’t had that conversation as a country, but I feel sorry for the hundreds of families living through this horrific experience every week.

Since you've looked at the data,
what %of all hospitalised is the 40-50 today?

And what % of all hospitalised were under 18s back in April 2020?

I thought we were supposed to view the elderly as important as the very young, in which case, the age of the patient is irrelevant to how horrific, right?

Welcome back ClimbDad, I believe two threads have been zapped now. Thanks for the link

It’s concerning that these threads are being censored. They keep vanishing.

the age of the patient is irrelevant to how horrific, right?

What kind of cold fish genuinely believes this? Our children?

Oh look who it is. Colour me surprised.

Why are they being zapped?

You do understand that 'admitted with' does not equal 'admitted for treatment for' right?

The numbers of paediatric patients in London are very low - according to a meeting I was in yesterday. None were ventilated.
Best not to scare people.

total daily admissions of Covid-19 patients in England were 2,572 as of December 27...

so...

50/2572 = 1.9%

I accept that may be 100x higher than the % of children admitted with covid in April. Do we have those numbers for children & total in April? (admissions daily)

Placemarking. Thank you for the link.

Bookmarking (again)

Oh dear, the other one just went poof.

Another one gone. This one won't be long either, fair warning OP.

Bookmarking for proper facts and discussion again.

3 threads deleted on this topic. I'm furious we aren't allowed to discuss this

BBC and the telegraph are reporting on this so why are Mumsnet zapping the threads?

@MushMonster: where are you getting 3100 kids with covid in hospital from (was on a lost thread).

50 admissions/day and none discharged would take 60 days to get to 3100 in hospital. So 3100 is not remotely likely. Most should stay in about 5 days, so 310 in hospital is plausible.

Out 21,787 beds occupied, 310 would be ~ 0.15%.

Someone is pulling strings to get these threads suppressed. Why though? It’s a news article, so why can’t it be discussed? It’s sinister.

What the hell is going on with these thread deletions??

[quote yeOldeTrout]@MushMonster: where are you getting 3100 kids with covid in hospital from (was on a lost thread).

50 admissions/day and none discharged would take 60 days to get to 3100 in hospital. So 3100 is not remotely likely. Most should stay in about 5 days, so 310 in hospital is plausible.

Out 21,787 beds occupied, 310 would be ~ 0.15%.[/quote]
I am pretty sure that 3100 is the total since the pandemic began?

Really disappointed in Mumsnet censoring this discussion

Why aren't we allowed to discuss this? It's crazy to just delete all the threads.

Placemarking

oops, crap math. Try again. 1.5%. That's consistent with estimate of

It’s as if Gav himself is moderating on mumsnet tonight.