Why are so many kids hospitalized during this winter surge?

Vaccine effectiveness during a surge is almost zero. Therefore, vaccination without virus containment measures can be blamed for overwhelmingly high number of kids hospitalizations during a surge.

[This article was originally written on January 23rd, 2022]

There is something scary going on for the younger kids. They are getting COVID (or sick) at a high rate compared to the early stage of the pandemic. I know four kids (<5 yrs old) from my small friend circle here in the USA who were sick recently. One was admitted to the ICU for several days. One…