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"Almost 2 percent of the kids diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States have died from it, and the majority of them wind up in an ICU in a hospital." Is thi

"Almost 2 percent of the kids diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States have died from it, and the majority of them wind up in an ICU in a hospital." Is this a typo? Possibly he meant 0.2%? The data from my county (Alameda) has 1,450 cases <18 and 0 deaths: https://covid-19.acgov.org/data.page https://covid-19.acgov.org/data.page Similarly, data from South Korea, Spain, and Italy, and China is <= 0.2%: https://ourworldindata.org/mortality-risk-covid#case-fatality-rate-of-covid-19-by-age https://ourworldindata.org/mortality-risk-covid#case-fatalit...

mrfusion 6y ago
Sadly the typo will never be corrected.
jointpdf 6y ago
That stood out to me as well. I think it meant to say: 2% of children who were diagnosed with the multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) died from it. > 80% of the children who developed the condition required intensive care, 20% required mechanical ventilation, and four children, or 2%, died. [https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/29/nejm-inflammation-children-covid19-misc/ https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/29/nejm-inflammation-childr...]
- georgecmu 6y ago
  And this interpretation is consistent with the following statistic: As of August 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received reports of 570 confirmed cases of MIS-C and 10 deaths. https://www.salon.com/2020/08/13/we-asked-scientists-about-the-safety-of-russias-rushed-coronavirus-vaccine/#:~:text=As%20of%20August%206,%20the%20Centers%20for%20Disease%20Control%20and%20Prevention%20(CDC)%20has%20received%20reports%20of%20570%20confirmed%20cases%20of%20MIS-C%20and%2010%20deaths https://www.salon.com/2020/08/13/we-asked-scientists-about-t....
tathougies 6y ago
According to BUsiness insider, Flu is more dangerous for children than COVID: https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-compared-seasonal-flu-in-the-us-death-rates-2020-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-compared-seasona... COVID is about 5 times more dangerous for 20 - mid forty year olds, but still quite low, in terms of mortality. Honestly, I'd bet flu would be more dangerous among the older were it not for vaccines.
- tonyedgecombe 6y ago
  According to BUsiness insider That well known medical journal.
- nradov 6y ago
  You shouldn't be downvoted. CDC data also shows that influenza is more dangerous than COVID-19 for children. https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/pedfludeath.html https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/pedfludeath.html
georgecmu 6y ago
Definitely. In Allegheny county (Pittsburgh), out of the 214 diagnosed cases in the 0-9 age group, there were a total of 4 hospitalizations (1.87%), 0 ICU (0%) and 0 deaths (0%). https://www.alleghenycounty.us/Health-Department/Resources/COVID-19/COVID-19.aspx https://www.alleghenycounty.us/Health-Department/Resources/C...
cbsks 6y ago
Here's the full quote: "We now see this multi-system, inflammatory condition can be fatal for kids, who average 8 years old. Almost 2 percent of the kids diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States have died from it, and the majority of them wind up in an ICU in a hospital. We see it in some adults. It’s debilitating, not requiring hospitalization, but they have difficulty breathing and joint aches—which are really telling—chest pain, and other symptoms that affect brain function." It looks like a typo. It should say "Almost 2 percent of the kids diagnosed with MIS-C in the United States have died from it" Edit: I just realized the first comment in the article has exactly the same suggestion
- mdorazio 6y ago
  Good catch. The next question is what percentage of kids contract MIS-C as a result of COVID? Based on the <18 death toll reported so far, it seems like it must be a small percentage. Edit: Answering my own question with a quick reading of [1]. 186 patients identified total, if I'm reading correctly. This is a tiny number. 2% of that would be 4 kids. [1] https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2021680 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2021680
  - cbsks 6y ago
    "As of 8/6/2020, CDC has received reports of 570 confirmed cases of MIS-C and 10 deaths in 40 states and Washington, DC." "99% of cases (565) tested positive for SARS CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The remaining 1% were around someone with COVID-19." https://www.cdc.gov/mis-c/cases/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/mis-c/cases/index.html
    - mdorazio 6y ago
      Thanks, the first study I linked had only looked at 26 states. This is still a very small number considering the total number of likely cases of COVID in the <18 demographic.
    - s1artibartfast 6y ago
      Thanks, so the chance is roughly 500/5,000,000 among individuals with a positive covid test.
calmworm 6y ago
It’s been corrected... “Almost 2 percent of the kids diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States, who have developed multi-system, inflammatory condition, have died from it...”
chrisjs96 6y ago
Gotta keep the population scared. Same thing happened during AIDS epidemic.

mrfusion 6y ago

Sadly the typo will never be corrected.

jointpdf 6y ago

That stood out to me as well. I think it meant to say: 2% of children who were diagnosed with the multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) died from it. > 80% of the children who developed the condition required intensive care, 20% required mechanical ventilation, and four children, or 2%, died. [https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/29/nejm-inflammation-children-covid19-misc/ https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/29/nejm-inflammation-childr...]

georgecmu 6y ago
And this interpretation is consistent with the following statistic: As of August 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received reports of 570 confirmed cases of MIS-C and 10 deaths. https://www.salon.com/2020/08/13/we-asked-scientists-about-the-safety-of-russias-rushed-coronavirus-vaccine/#:~:text=As%20of%20August%206,%20the%20Centers%20for%20Disease%20Control%20and%20Prevention%20(CDC)%20has%20received%20reports%20of%20570%20confirmed%20cases%20of%20MIS-C%20and%2010%20deaths https://www.salon.com/2020/08/13/we-asked-scientists-about-t....

tathougies 6y ago

According to BUsiness insider, Flu is more dangerous for children than COVID: https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-compared-seasonal-flu-in-the-us-death-rates-2020-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-compared-seasona... COVID is about 5 times more dangerous for 20 - mid forty year olds, but still quite low, in terms of mortality. Honestly, I'd bet flu would be more dangerous among the older were it not for vaccines.

tonyedgecombe 6y ago
According to BUsiness insider That well known medical journal.
nradov 6y ago
You shouldn't be downvoted. CDC data also shows that influenza is more dangerous than COVID-19 for children. https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/pedfludeath.html https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/pedfludeath.html

georgecmu 6y ago

Definitely. In Allegheny county (Pittsburgh), out of the 214 diagnosed cases in the 0-9 age group, there were a total of 4 hospitalizations (1.87%), 0 ICU (0%) and 0 deaths (0%). https://www.alleghenycounty.us/Health-Department/Resources/COVID-19/COVID-19.aspx https://www.alleghenycounty.us/Health-Department/Resources/C...

cbsks 6y ago

Here's the full quote: "We now see this multi-system, inflammatory condition can be fatal for kids, who average 8 years old. Almost 2 percent of the kids diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States have died from it, and the majority of them wind up in an ICU in a hospital. We see it in some adults. It’s debilitating, not requiring hospitalization, but they have difficulty breathing and joint aches—which are really telling—chest pain, and other symptoms that affect brain function." It looks like a typo. It should say "Almost 2 percent of the kids diagnosed with MIS-C in the United States have died from it" Edit: I just realized the first comment in the article has exactly the same suggestion

mdorazio 6y ago
Good catch. The next question is what percentage of kids contract MIS-C as a result of COVID? Based on the <18 death toll reported so far, it seems like it must be a small percentage. Edit: Answering my own question with a quick reading of [1]. 186 patients identified total, if I'm reading correctly. This is a tiny number. 2% of that would be 4 kids. [1] https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2021680 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2021680
- cbsks 6y ago
  "As of 8/6/2020, CDC has received reports of 570 confirmed cases of MIS-C and 10 deaths in 40 states and Washington, DC." "99% of cases (565) tested positive for SARS CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The remaining 1% were around someone with COVID-19." https://www.cdc.gov/mis-c/cases/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/mis-c/cases/index.html
  - mdorazio 6y ago
    Thanks, the first study I linked had only looked at 26 states. This is still a very small number considering the total number of likely cases of COVID in the <18 demographic.
  - s1artibartfast 6y ago
    Thanks, so the chance is roughly 500/5,000,000 among individuals with a positive covid test.

calmworm 6y ago

It’s been corrected... “Almost 2 percent of the kids diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States, who have developed multi-system, inflammatory condition, have died from it...”

chrisjs96 6y ago

Gotta keep the population scared. Same thing happened during AIDS epidemic.