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When I say it is insignificant, I'm saying that it is not nearly as big of a problem as the other risks from COVID. When a million people have died from COVID,
by GhostVII 6y ago
When I say it is insignificant, I'm saying that it is not nearly as big of a problem as the other risks from COVID. When a million people have died from COVID, and millions of children have been infected with COVID, I view any COVID symptom that affects less than 1000 people worldwide as insignificant relative that.
Now it is very possible that we will realize that over the period of years, some significant percentage of children with COVID are affected by this. But so far the data doesn't support this.
- mgleason_3 6y agoThis article appears to be a summary of the original paper. But, it leaves out some critical points - i.e.: - The papers "Discussion" section concludes with: "MIS-C is rare but the potential long-term sequelae from this disease are currently unknown." Also, the fact that it says: - ”Children might have no symptoms, no one knew they had the disease, and a few weeks later, they may develop this exaggerated inflammation in the body.“ and then a few sentences later - "...100% had fever, 73.7% had abdominal pain or diarrhea, and 68.3% suffered vomiting." Seems contradictory.
- claudeganon 6y agoIt’s not contradictory. The children experienced none of the typical COVID symptoms during their initial infection, which present themselves in 2-14 days. Hence, they’re categorized “asymptomatic.” Subsequent to the infection (3-4 weeks), they develop MIS-C, which manifests with the cited symptoms.