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TWO NEW STUDIES FIND THAT COUNTS OF CHILDREN HOSPITALIZED DUE TO THE VIRUS WERE OVER-INFLATED BY 40%
By Kevin Ryan

Two studies published today have found that the number of pandemic-related hospitalizations may have been dramatically over-inflated.

Researchers looked at data from several children’s hospitals, including the fifth-largest in the nation, and concluded that 40% of childhood hospitalizations attributed to the virus had nothing to do with it.

The findings may have wide-ranging implications on other pandemic-related counts and statistics.

The first study looked at the fifth-largest children’s hospital in the country. It found that 58 out of the 146 positive test results (40%) in children were “incidental” in nature, meaning they had nothing to do with why the child was in the hospital. These were children who were in the hospital for fractures, surgeries, cancer treatment, etc. Yet they were nonetheless included in the pandemic hospitalization totals.

The second study looked at a children’s hospital in Northern California. It found that 53 of the 117 positive test results (45%) were in children who were in the hospital for other reasons. These cases were also nonetheless included in the pandemic totals.

The authors, Dr. Monica Gandhi, an infectious-diseases specialist, and Dr. Amy Beck, a professor of pediatrics, say the reason for the problem is that pandemic statistics are being taken from hospital databases that were only meant to be used for administrative purposes such as billing. “They were not designed to infer the prevalence and severity of an infectious virus.”

They say that their findings “underscore the importance of clearly distinguishing between children hospitalized with [the virus] versus those hospitalized for the disease.”

“It is critical that the risks to children be portrayed accurately,” Gandhi and Beck wrote. “Scientific and media reports that inaccurately portray the risk to children can do harm by alarming parents and providing justification for ongoing restrictions to in-person education and other programming.”

The inflated data continues to affect public perceptions and influence policies on schools, sports, and camp.

The authors also say that the issues they discovered may affect adult hospitalization rates and mortality numbers as well, and said reviews of the pandemic totals “will likely reveal the same findings across the country.”