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Even as adults get vaccinated, kids remain vulnerable to MIS-C

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Mom warns parents after daughter contracted rare inflammatory syndrome from COVID-19
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ByDr. Áine Cooke
Video byAlyssa Gregory
May 10, 2021, 8:05 AM

More than half of U.S. adults have now received at least one COVID-19 vaccine, but children remain unimmunized and unprotected from potential infection.

The American Academy of Pediatrics is now reporting that in some states, up to 18% of all COVID-19 cases occurred in children during the month of April. In Michigan, where COVID-19 cases have surged in recent weeks, there has been a 237% increase in admissions to pediatric hospitals from mid-February to mid-April.

While children overall tend to only have mild symptoms with SARS-COV-2 infection, as a higher percent of children contract the virus, some will likely experience severe respiratory disease.

It is also more likely that some will experience a rare consequence of infection with the virus, multi-system inflammatory syndrome, or MIS-C.

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