(Christophe Gateau/dpa via AP)
Health officials in Washington state say there’s a common link among the children who have died of COVID-19 in the state: being unvaccinated and having underlying conditions.
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“The obvious things like underlying immune suppression — so cancer and certainly diabetes,” Dr. Scott Lindquist, Washington state’s acting Chief Science Officer, said on Thursday. “Some of the other things in the older age group are things like obesity.”
Dr. Lindquist said that’s why it’s critical to get the vaccine approved for younger children.
Of the state’s 12 pediatric COVID deaths, eight have
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