The week's best parenting advice: January 18, 2022

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1. Vaccines are keeping teens out of the hospital

Nearly all teenagers needing intensive care for COVID-19 are unvaccinated, according to a new study cited by Annabelle Timsit in The Washington Post. In a sample of 1,222 patients between 12 and 18 years old who were hospitalized from June through October last year, only 299 were fully vaccinated and 445 were admitted for COVID-19. Forty percent of those with the virus were admitted to the intensive care unit, all but two of whom were unvaccinated. And of those who required life support, all but one was unvaccinated. All told, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine "prevented 94 percent of hospitalizations and was 98 percent effective at keeping patients out of intensive care or from requiring life support," writes Timsit.

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Stephanie H. Murray

Stephanie H. Murray is a public policy researcher turned freelance writer.