{"id":515797,"date":"2022-11-25T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/white-house-resists-declaring-emergency-as-flu-viruses-surge-in-children\/"},"modified":"2022-11-25T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T11:00:00","slug":"white-house-resists-declaring-emergency-as-flu-viruses-surge-in-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/white-house-resists-declaring-emergency-as-flu-viruses-surge-in-children\/","title":{"rendered":"#White House resists declaring emergency as flu, viruses surge in children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4cf640d0f8b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4cf640d0f8b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/white-house-resists-declaring-emergency-as-flu-viruses-surge-in-children\/#White_House_resists_declaring_emergency_as_flu_viruses_surge_in_children\" >White House resists declaring emergency as flu, viruses surge in children<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"White_House_resists_declaring_emergency_as_flu_viruses_surge_in_children\"><\/span>White House resists declaring emergency as flu, viruses surge in children<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/kidsmasks_121620_getty_pediatric.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The White House is resisting calls from pediatric health groups to declare a national emergency due to the early surge in respiratory illness in children.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As seasonal flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), coronavirus and other respiratory viruses swarm the country, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children\u2019s Hospital Association argue an emergency declaration, which would grant providers additional funding and more flexibility from regulations,\u00a0is the best and fastest way to help the overburdened health system.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In a letter sent to President Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra last week, the two organizations said the \u201cunprecedented levels\u201d of RSV and rising flu infections warrant a dual declaration of a national emergency along with a public health emergency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need emergency funding support and flexibilities along the same lines of what was provided to respond to COVID surges,\u201d the organizations wrote.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) indicated a national emergency isn\u2019t needed at this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have offered jurisdictions support confronting the impact of RSV and influenza and stand ready to provide assistance to communities who are in need of help on a case-by-case basis,\u201d an HHS spokeswoman said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe encourage people to follow everyday preventive actions, including avoiding close contact with people who are sick, staying home when sick, covering coughs and sneezes, and staying up to date on their flu and COVID-19 vaccines to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. National public health emergencies are determined based on nationwide data, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> trends, and the insight of public health experts,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>In a call with reporters earlier this month, administration health officials said the federal government is working with state and local partners to ease capacity issues at hospitals as respiratory illnesses surge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>When the demand on a jurisdiction exceeds its capabilities and available resources, the federal government could step in and help with staffing and supplies, said Dawn O\u2019Connell, the assistant secretary for preparedness and response.<\/p>\n<p>Supplies like ventilators and personal protective equipment are available through the Strategic National Stockpile, O\u2019Connell said, but no state has requested that level of support yet.<\/p>\n<p>The offers of support \u2014 and calls for more \u2014 come as\u00a0hospitals are at capacity, beds are scarce and staffing shortages are pushing the workforce to the breaking point. In some cases, even if hospitals have beds available, there aren\u2019t enough doctors, nurses or respiratory therapists to staff them.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, the hospitalization rate in all kids for the week of Nov. 12 peaked at 17.5 out of every 100,000, a rate that was twice as high as any other season on record.<\/p>\n<p>Capacity constraints at children\u2019s hospitals and pediatric offices are resulting in more children being cared for in community and adult hospitals, which may have limited or no capacity to care for children.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amy Knight, president of the Children\u2019s Hospital Association, said an emergency declaration makes it easier for hospitals to add pediatric beds in places that aren\u2019t typically used for inpatients, like a treatment room or a playroom.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cFrom a regulatory standpoint, that is not an okay thing. When you have a public health emergency you are allowed to \u2026 make those kinds of decisions,\u201d Knight said. \u201cIt ultimately creates a lot of avenues for children\u2019s hospitals to do the right thing for patients regardless of the typical regulatory bureaucratic constraints.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oregon last week became the first state to declare an emergency in response to the RSV surge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With only two hospitals in the state with a pediatric ICU, Gov. Kate Brown (D) said the order will give hospitals additional flexibility to staff beds for children and allow them to draw on a pool of medical volunteer nurses and doctors and take other steps to provide care to pediatric patients.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has been under a public health emergency for COVID-19 since 2020, and it\u2019s been renewed every 90 days. Other emergencies in recent years include the opioid epidemic, monkeypox, Zika and the H1N1 swine flu.<\/p>\n<p>Public health experts said the U.S. has been judicious about declaring emergencies outside of specific instances like natural disasters, but the ongoing COVID-19 emergency has brought more attention to the process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCOVID has led to more awareness of this possibility and potentially more desire to try to use it on the part of advocacy groups and others,\u201d said Jen Kates, a vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think that speaks to the fact that you know, it\u2019s very hard to get attention to public health crises, and resources are limited. The letter from pediatric groups is really a call to alarm that there\u2019s a public health emergency that they feel they\u2019re facing, and there\u2019s just not enough resources,\u201d Kates said.<\/p>\n<p>Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, said the waivers and flexibilities that occur during a public health emergency should become the status quo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s the issue. Not so much that they\u2019re asking for this, but why do they have to keep asking for this?\u201d Adalja said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cThis threshold to call an emergency declaration, I think it really speaks to the fact that our health care system, our public health system, isn\u2019t able to adequately respond fast enough to an infectious disease emergency on its own.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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