Chinese hospitals ‘overwhelmed with sick children’ after surge in respiratory illness

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-hospitals-children-pneumonia-respiratory-illness-who-data-rcna126480

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Dedh@lemmy.world · 59 pts · 2y (5 replies)

The article puts the "overwhelmed" statement in auotes but doesn't attribute it to anyone, & later in the article states > the rise in respiratory illnesses has not resulted in patient loads that exceed hospital capacities.

Passing on misleading/clickbait headlines should be discouraged IMO. Also, why are articles being posted without any comments or justification/reasons for sharing the article?

trash80@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 2y
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Serinus@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y

I mostly agree, but nbcnews is generally a reputable source.

Affidavit@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y

That followed an alert on Tuesday by ProMED, a publicly available reporting system for emerging diseases and outbreaks, saying that hospitals in Beijing and elsewhere in China were “overwhelmed with sick children” amid outbreaks of pneumonia.

Rapidcreek@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

PEDS is full, but the rest of the hospital functions.

roguetrick@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y

Peds is full every RSV season from my memory.

stoy@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Here we go again....

Yay...

Fester@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y

“Ah shit”

cornstar@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 2y

This title reads like clickbait for parents with sick kids