Fauci: ‘Critically ill,’ unvaccinated children in hospitals were ‘avoidable’

Anthony FauciAnthony Faucibiden, ‘hit list’ armed man including Fauci arrested in Iowa en route to White House overnight health care – Biden officials weigh VAX mandate for travel over money – CDC guidance, threatens Omicron businesses more Thursday encouraged parents to vaccinate their children, who are eligible for COVID-19 shots, to prevent “avoidable” serious illness or hospitalization.

“Virtually all, if not 100 percent, but close to, children who are seriously ill with COVID-19 in our hospitals are kids whose parents decided they didn’t want to vaccinate them,” Fauci, who is President BidenJoe Biden FDA authorizes second in-house rapid COVID-19 testing Pentagon awards 6.7M contracts for domestic production of critical materials for rapid COVID-19 tests, including Biden, Fauci arrested in Iowa on way to White House ‘hit armed person with list’ MoreU.S. chief medical adviser said in an appearance in NewsNation’s “Morning in America.”

“It’s avoidable,” he said.

“All you have to do is go to any pediatric hospital right now, virtually anywhere in the country, and you see kids there who are suffering, some even dying, who don’t need to be in that situation if He was vaccinated,” he continued.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that About 78 percent of people 5 years of age and older in the US have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. About 66 percent are fully vaccinated.

Fauci also said, “We vaccinate children for many childhood diseases, where the mortality of those diseases is much lower than the mortality and morbidity of COVID-19 on children.”

“If you look at the number of kids going to the hospital right now who are getting seriously ill, you almost have to say that it is the responsibility of the parents to protect their child,” he said.

New York City reported a 400 percent increase in pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations earlier this week, as the Omicron version sped through the city.

According to WABC, none of the 5 to 11-year-olds were hospitalized after December 5.