Doctors share inside view on child COVID-19 case spike

As debates about mask mandates in schools rage on in Arizona, pediatric cases of COVID-19 are on par to surpass the cases from the winter surge. Vaccines have proven to be beneficial to people who are contracting the coronavirus, but currently children under the age of 12 years-old are too young to be vaccinated.

Away from the discourse on what schools should and should not enforce, doctors are treating young kids who are being affected physically and mentally.

In this week's episode of The Gaggle, an Arizona politics podcast, co-hosts Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Ron Hansen are joined by Valleywise Health Center pediatrician Dr. Salil Pradhan and Pediatric Infectious Disease specialist Dr. Angela Veesenmeyer.

They take The Gaggle inside what they are seeing day to day and what they think Arizonans can expect in the new few months.

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