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> kids with long covid ... physically disable them potentially for life At what point do we decide that totally evidence-free hysterical claims like this are a

> kids with long covid ... physically disable them potentially for life At what point do we decide that totally evidence-free hysterical claims like this are as much misinformation as anti-vaxx posting is?

tehjoker 5y ago
The clinical picture is still evolving. There is much less information than for adults, but here's the first google link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC7927578/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC7927578/
- khazhoux 5y ago
  > The clinical picture is still evolving. There is much less information than for adults We're nearing 300,000,000 cases worldwide. How is it still an open question? Maybe the reason there's "much less information" is simply because kids are not (by and large) getting majorly sick from it. If kids were dying from covid in any significant numbers, I have no doubt I'd be seeing the stories on CNN and everywhere else by now.
  - tehjoker 5y ago
    In the article I posted, one justification given for the paucity of data other than gross cases and deaths is that it's much harder to set up a study due to the issues around consent. > If kids were dying from covid in any significant numbers, I have no doubt I'd be seeing the stories on CNN and everywhere else by now. Well, pediatric admissions are the highest they've ever been. I would not rely on the major media, you have to look for the data yourself. Media are big businesses in the pocket of bigger business that want adults to go to work and kids to go to school. They will only report issues that are so large and obvious they can't be ignored. https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1477663737511297024 https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1477663737511297024
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gengelbro 5y ago
I wonder how we'll look back at this in 10 years.
- adam_arthur 5y ago
  Given that evidence of Post Viral syndrome exists for most other viruses, probably about the same as we look at those today. Not that we have lingering/longer term effects of other viruses to observe though..

tehjoker 5y ago

The clinical picture is still evolving. There is much less information than for adults, but here's the first google link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC7927578/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC7927578/

khazhoux 5y ago
> The clinical picture is still evolving. There is much less information than for adults We're nearing 300,000,000 cases worldwide. How is it still an open question? Maybe the reason there's "much less information" is simply because kids are not (by and large) getting majorly sick from it. If kids were dying from covid in any significant numbers, I have no doubt I'd be seeing the stories on CNN and everywhere else by now.
- tehjoker 5y ago
  In the article I posted, one justification given for the paucity of data other than gross cases and deaths is that it's much harder to set up a study due to the issues around consent. > If kids were dying from covid in any significant numbers, I have no doubt I'd be seeing the stories on CNN and everywhere else by now. Well, pediatric admissions are the highest they've ever been. I would not rely on the major media, you have to look for the data yourself. Media are big businesses in the pocket of bigger business that want adults to go to work and kids to go to school. They will only report issues that are so large and obvious they can't be ignored. https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1477663737511297024 https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1477663737511297024
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gengelbro 5y ago

I wonder how we'll look back at this in 10 years.

adam_arthur 5y ago
Given that evidence of Post Viral syndrome exists for most other viruses, probably about the same as we look at those today. Not that we have lingering/longer term effects of other viruses to observe though..