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Does anyone know the case fatality rate for children in this age range?

by stevefrench93 5y ago

pragmatic8 5y ago
Yeah. Nil.
- williw 5y ago
  not nil https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#SexAndAge https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#Se...
  - stevefrench93 5y ago
    282 deaths according to CDC.
    - rel2thr 5y ago
      282 for all of 0-17 ages
    - beagle3 5y ago
      In context, Israel had 9 (for 1/40 of US population - similar rate) and a reporter that actually inquired about each case, reported that every single one of them died while PCR positive but corona was not implicated in death (e.g. one had terminal cancer at a “dying any day” stage and in fact recovered from corona before dying; another was a traffic accident casualty, etc) Also 40 cases of MIS-C; corona isn’t benign, but by all counts it’s less harmful than the flu at ages 0-19, though much more harmful for older people. And a couple of cases of heart attacks and life threatening thrombosis at 16 associated and almost surely resulting from the vaccine. It’s safe, but not perfectly safe as many believe. In such small numbers, it is incredibly hard to compare short term safety of disease and of vaccine. (And of course impossible to assess long term effects of either as well)
- jdlshore 5y ago
  It’s small, but I don’t believe it’s zero, and there’s concern about long-term organ damage even for those who survive. My kids will be getting the vaccine.
  - thisCtx 5y ago
    Nil != 0 :-p
  - stevefrench93 5y ago
    I'm looking into it too. Can you provide more information on the long term organ damage? Do you know what the incidence of this kind of damage in children is?
    - ttesttom 5y ago
      I think commenter is referring to Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) that specifically impacts children. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/children/mis-c.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/...
MrRiddle 5y ago
Pretty much none.

Does anyone know the case fatality rate for children in this age range?

pragmatic8 5y ago

Yeah. Nil.

williw 5y ago
not nil https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#SexAndAge https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#Se...
- stevefrench93 5y ago
  282 deaths according to CDC.
  - rel2thr 5y ago
    282 for all of 0-17 ages
  - beagle3 5y ago
    In context, Israel had 9 (for 1/40 of US population - similar rate) and a reporter that actually inquired about each case, reported that every single one of them died while PCR positive but corona was not implicated in death (e.g. one had terminal cancer at a “dying any day” stage and in fact recovered from corona before dying; another was a traffic accident casualty, etc) Also 40 cases of MIS-C; corona isn’t benign, but by all counts it’s less harmful than the flu at ages 0-19, though much more harmful for older people. And a couple of cases of heart attacks and life threatening thrombosis at 16 associated and almost surely resulting from the vaccine. It’s safe, but not perfectly safe as many believe. In such small numbers, it is incredibly hard to compare short term safety of disease and of vaccine. (And of course impossible to assess long term effects of either as well)
jdlshore 5y ago
It’s small, but I don’t believe it’s zero, and there’s concern about long-term organ damage even for those who survive. My kids will be getting the vaccine.
- thisCtx 5y ago
  Nil != 0 :-p
- stevefrench93 5y ago
  I'm looking into it too. Can you provide more information on the long term organ damage? Do you know what the incidence of this kind of damage in children is?
  - ttesttom 5y ago
    I think commenter is referring to Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) that specifically impacts children. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/children/mis-c.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/...

MrRiddle 5y ago

Pretty much none.