Here they are going to send kids on winter break earlier and extend it a week. The pediatric ERs are at risk of becoming overwhelmed. It's not so much COVID from what I have read. It's some COVID plus other viruses like the respiratory syncytial virus. With all the lockdowns and Zoom schooling, many children's immune systems did not have exposure to different viruses and other germs, so they haven't developed properly. Now that they are back to in-person school, day care, etc., they are transmitting all types of viruses. It's been colder than normal lately, so it is hard to ventilate classrooms as well.