Aug 22, 2022 - News
Most Texas kids have contracted COVID, CDC survey says
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About eight in 10 Texas kids have already been infected with COVID-19, new CDC data shows.
Driving the news: The CDC released the results of its latest pediatric antibody seroprevalence survey last week.
- The results of blood samples taken in May and June suggest that 81% of Texans between the ages of 6 months and 17 years have been infected with COVID-19 at least once.
The big picture: 62% of Texans six months and older are fully vaccinated.
Yes, but: The latest BA.5 subvariant of omicron is now the dominant strain of the coronavirus in the U.S., and it's the most transmissible we've seen since the start of the pandemic.
- It can break through vaccines and evade antibodies from prior omicron infections.
The good news: Studies suggest long COVID is rarer in children.