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Less than 1000 kids under the age of 18 died from Covid despite tens of millions of infections. That’s vastly less than the flu.
by baskethead 5y ago
Less than 1000 kids under the age of 18 died from Covid despite tens of millions of infections. That’s vastly less than the flu.
- divbzero 5y agoThe best data summary I’ve seen [1] suggests that COVID-19 IFR for kids is 0.01% or less which is in line with the COVID-19 stats you cite. The same data summary [1] suggests that flu IFR for kids is probably the same order of magnitude but not “vastly less”. I think COVID-19 vs. flu has gotten way too much press though and it’s worth noting that IFR in kids is low for both relative to IFR in adults. What I would really want to learn more about are the long-term effects of disease and how that varies by age. We know a bit about that for flu or polio or RSV but not so much for COVID-19 because it’s still so new. [1]: https://github.com/mbevand/covid19-age-stratified-ifr https://github.com/mbevand/covid19-age-stratified-ifr
- mrhands556 5y agoThe CDC best estimate says under 18 IFR is 20 in 1 million or .002% https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scena...