Yesterday openDemocracy ran a terrifying story. Senior paediatric doctors in the UK are warning that the government’s coronavirus messaging is putting sick children at risk. Some kids may already have died because parents have been too afraid to take them to hospital.
Parents are scared of catching the virus, of course. But some also “do not want to bother very busy healthcare workers”.
This is a disaster. For a start, the government needs to urgently clarify that the ‘stay at home’ advice does not apply to infants and children with a continuing fever. A prolonged high temperature can seriously endanger them.
