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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 mu
by 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 agoThanks, 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 agoThanks, so the chance is roughly 500/5,000,000 among individuals with a positive covid test.
- cbsks 6y agoMIS-C only affects children so the denominator is less than 5,000,000. But your point still stands, it seems to be relatively rare.