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Here in Brazil we've had over 3500 deaths from people under 18, including over 320 babies under 1 year old. There have been cities where sick children were not

by ufo 5y ago

Here in Brazil we've had over 3500 deaths from people under 18, including over 320 babies under 1 year old. There have been cities where sick children were not able to get medical treatment because the pediatric ICU was over capacity. Most of these deaths could have been prevented if a vaccine were available.

angelzen 5y ago
At the other end of the spectrum, in British Columbia (population 5 million), there have been 0 deaths in age group 10-19 and 2 deaths in age group <10. To further confound the issue, mortality rates in infants is significantly larger than in older kids, for US something like 500/100k vs 20/100k, reflecting a number of infants with congenital issues. Some of those end up counted as "death with covid", even if they were not going to make it either way. It is better to search for epi data for kids excluding 0-1 age group, if at all available. http://www.bccdc.ca/Health-Info-Site/Documents/Week_41_2021_BC_COVID-19_Situation_Report.pdf http://www.bccdc.ca/Health-Info-Site/Documents/Week_41_2021_...