It is tough at any age, but the image of seven children on ventilators ought to be enough to move even an Arkansas Republican legislator to rethink some recent votes that effectively discounted the severity of the virus.

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UPDATE: The Washington Post reports in-depth on the looming crisis in pediatric care, including a mother’s nightmare in Arkansas.

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