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Covid deaths amongst children was lower in 2020 than from the flu the year before with a severe Covid strain, 400 deaths vs 600 deaths from flu year before, and

Covid deaths amongst children was lower in 2020 than from the flu the year before with a severe Covid strain, 400 deaths vs 600 deaths from flu year before, and faced with a tame Omicron variant the FDA decided to skip the science advisory panel for childhood vaccines [1] because they last time denied the request. The way this is handled is unscientific, and has no balance of risk vs reward. Moreover, the government should be representative and derive it's power from the consent of the governed. Not enforce compliance to administrative state edicts. The slide from a representative republic to a technocracy is worrying. [1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/dangerous-push-to-give-boosters-to-teens-vacccine-covid-19-omicron-vaxx-requirement-mandate-11640107759 https://www.wsj.com/articles/dangerous-push-to-give-boosters...

lern_too_spel 5y ago
Why are you comparing across years? How many children died of the flu in 2020 during lockdowns and social distancing? Moreover, the governed don't want the actions of others to kill them. That's why they created a government that prevents others from polluting, driving dangerously, and spreading disease.
- asabjorn 5y ago
  > How many children died of the flu in 2020 during lockdowns and social distancing? 400 > Why are you comparing across years? Many seem to have the misconception that covid is risky for children, while they are at low risk, so I highlight that the child covid death numbers from covid was low and comparable to a normal flu season like the one in 2019.
  - lern_too_spel 5y ago
    https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/verify-covid-19-more-pediatric-deaths-than-flu-last-18-months/285-2b3fef00-454b-4b43-a873-573ff6afffe7 https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/verify-... says it's 1, not 400. What is your source? That would make Covid hundreds of times deadlier for children than the flu. If it were a regular flu season without the mitigations that dropped flu deaths to 1, Covid would have killed even more children.
    - asabjorn 5y ago
      - lern_too_spel 5y ago
        Your source says 400 have died of Covid, not of flu. One kid died of flu. Covid is a far deadlier infectious disease for children than the flu and would have been deadlier still without the mitigations that reduced flu deaths to 1. The FDA advisory panel unanimously approved the vaccine for kids. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-advisory-panel-oks-pfizer-vaccine-kids-5-11-rcna3726 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-advisory-pane...
        asabjorn 5y ago
        lern_too_spel 5y ago
        Your article says the exact opposite of what you claim. It says the PCR test accurately identified Covid vs. flu. You are also misinterpreting what the term comorbidities means when you say that 75% of Covid deaths weren't due to Covid. Having those comorbidities means that you're more likely to die from Covid. By your logic, 75% of flu deaths aren't from flu every year, not just 2020-2021, leaving Covid still hundreds of times more lethal for children than the flu, which leaves them lucky to have had mitigations that contained flu and Covid deaths to such a degree.
        asabjorn 5y ago
        If covid was 100 times worse then the flu for kids we would see 40,000 to 80,000 pediatric deaths for 2020. We see about 266 which is comparable for the 180-400 for the years I cited. The new test knows the difference between flu and covid, which is why the CDC recalled the old and instituted a new that did better. However, you can’t go back in time and fix the old tests. Re-read the article to comprehend it better. You are getting hung up in the artifact for 2020, where unlike previous years there were 1 pediatric death case categorized as flu instead of 180-400 like in the years I mentioned due to the old pcr covid test not knowing the difference. It’s not hard to do a Google search on this to see that your pediatric flu death data for 2020 is not representative when compared to a normal year.

lern_too_spel 5y ago

Why are you comparing across years? How many children died of the flu in 2020 during lockdowns and social distancing? Moreover, the governed don't want the actions of others to kill them. That's why they created a government that prevents others from polluting, driving dangerously, and spreading disease.

asabjorn 5y ago
> How many children died of the flu in 2020 during lockdowns and social distancing? 400 > Why are you comparing across years? Many seem to have the misconception that covid is risky for children, while they are at low risk, so I highlight that the child covid death numbers from covid was low and comparable to a normal flu season like the one in 2019.
- lern_too_spel 5y ago
  https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/verify-covid-19-more-pediatric-deaths-than-flu-last-18-months/285-2b3fef00-454b-4b43-a873-573ff6afffe7 https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/verify-... says it's 1, not 400. What is your source? That would make Covid hundreds of times deadlier for children than the flu. If it were a regular flu season without the mitigations that dropped flu deaths to 1, Covid would have killed even more children.
  - asabjorn 5y ago
    - lern_too_spel 5y ago
      Your source says 400 have died of Covid, not of flu. One kid died of flu. Covid is a far deadlier infectious disease for children than the flu and would have been deadlier still without the mitigations that reduced flu deaths to 1. The FDA advisory panel unanimously approved the vaccine for kids. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-advisory-panel-oks-pfizer-vaccine-kids-5-11-rcna3726 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-advisory-pane...
      - asabjorn 5y ago
        lern_too_spel 5y ago
        Your article says the exact opposite of what you claim. It says the PCR test accurately identified Covid vs. flu. You are also misinterpreting what the term comorbidities means when you say that 75% of Covid deaths weren't due to Covid. Having those comorbidities means that you're more likely to die from Covid. By your logic, 75% of flu deaths aren't from flu every year, not just 2020-2021, leaving Covid still hundreds of times more lethal for children than the flu, which leaves them lucky to have had mitigations that contained flu and Covid deaths to such a degree.
        asabjorn 5y ago
        If covid was 100 times worse then the flu for kids we would see 40,000 to 80,000 pediatric deaths for 2020. We see about 266 which is comparable for the 180-400 for the years I cited. The new test knows the difference between flu and covid, which is why the CDC recalled the old and instituted a new that did better. However, you can’t go back in time and fix the old tests. Re-read the article to comprehend it better. You are getting hung up in the artifact for 2020, where unlike previous years there were 1 pediatric death case categorized as flu instead of 180-400 like in the years I mentioned due to the old pcr covid test not knowing the difference. It’s not hard to do a Google search on this to see that your pediatric flu death data for 2020 is not representative when compared to a normal year.