2 children die of COVID-19 in 24 hours at Jacksonville Hospital

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – During a discussion in the town hall on Wednesday night, the head of the Pediatric ICU at Wolfson Children’s Hospital made a heartbreaking announcement, saying that in the last 24 hours two children from the hospital had died from complications of COVID -19, one of only two weeks. .

Dr. Michael Gayle did not say how long the children who died had been hospitalized. Nor did he indicate the age of the second child.

“Yes, children will have fewer problems with COVID, but they have serious conditions and we will see more and more people in the intensive care unit,” Gayle said during the webinar Wednesday night hosted by Pastor John Newman of the Church Sanctuary of Mount Calvary.

Gayle said that during the recent climb lit by the delta variant, the number of hospitalized children doubled.

“As I speak to you today, we are doing an average of five to six children in intensive care with respiratory failure, kidney failure and we have also seen some more PMICs,” Gayle said.

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The conversation addressed the increase in COVID-19 cases in children, confusion about COVID symptoms, and the fight against misinformation.

Gayle noted that even older vaccinated children end up in the hospital.

“We have so many children who will be 12 years old and can be vaccinated and unfortunately they have severe pneumonia and in many cases parents are against vaccination, so I would like the public to know that even though the children are receiving COVID less in percentage, but with the increase in children returning to school.Some places that do not have mask mandates, many have been exposed to COVID, and we see that there are more children with severe organ failure, “he said. Gayle.

As of Tuesday, 230 children were in Florida hospitals with COVID and 72 new pediatric patients were admitted on Tuesday, a pandemic record. As of Wednesday, 21 children were hospitalized in Wolfson with COVID, and five in the ICU. Baptist Health reported that nine children were admitted by COVID-19 to their hospitals on August 31st.

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The best Jacksonville doctors working on the front line fighting COVID-19 gathered practically during town hall to address the numerous issues surrounding the delta variant, especially the effect on the black community.

“This is an extremely important moment in the African American community. Thirteen percent of the country, however, ends up being 25% of the deaths from COVID, ”said Newman. “And therefore it is imperative that our community be addressed in relation to the situation of COVID, in particular the delta variant.”

Dr. Tra’Chella Johnson Foy works with Baptist Health. He says he knows many patients who regret not being vaccinated.

“Now I have a lot of screams that tell me,‘ I’d like to have it. ’And that’s what we want to avoid,” Johnson Foy said. “If you can do what you can do now, go ahead and get vaccinated now so we don’t have the ‘I’d like to have’ conversation for you or any of your loved ones.”

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Tom Diamond II is a medical student who spoke at city hall. He talked about the damage not only of the virus, but of online misinformation.

“As a community, we not only have to deal with the effects of COVID on fitness, but we also face misinformation on social media,” Diamond said. “We have information so fast in our hands on our phones, and it’s hard for people who know science, who know the right information that can help patients combat what’s happening on social media in real time with the that really happens. world “.

Doctors discussed their anger and frustration at knowing that many deaths caused by the delta variant can be avoided.

Florida reported 19,048 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the highest in four days, according to figures released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Florida has had nearly 3.27 million cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began in early 2020.