The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported last week that 15 children under age 15 in the U.S. have died of Covid-19 since February compared to about 200 who died of the flu and pneumonia.
Children represent 0.02% of virus fatalities in the U.S., and very few have been hospitalized.
A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics last week found that only 48 children between March 14 and April 3 were admitted to 14 pediatric intensive care units in the U.S., and 83% had an underlying condition.
Another new JAMA study examines children treated for cancer at New York's Memorial Sloan Kettering.
Thirteen of their 74 adult caregivers also tested positive-an infection rate of 17.6%. "Together, our results do not support the conjecture that children are a reservoir of unrecognized SARS-CoV-2 infection," the authors conclude.
One theory is that children have stronger "Innate" immune response that allows them to quickly clear the virus without developing antibodies.
A study in the journal Lancet last week reported 10 children with the inflammatory syndrome in Bergamo, Italy-the city with the highest rate of fatalities and infections-about 30 times higher than the normal incidence.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-evidence-on-kids-and-covid-11590017095?mod=hp_opin_pos_1
Children represent 0.02% of virus fatalities in the U.S., and very few have been hospitalized.
A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics last week found that only 48 children between March 14 and April 3 were admitted to 14 pediatric intensive care units in the U.S., and 83% had an underlying condition.
Another new JAMA study examines children treated for cancer at New York's Memorial Sloan Kettering.
Thirteen of their 74 adult caregivers also tested positive-an infection rate of 17.6%. "Together, our results do not support the conjecture that children are a reservoir of unrecognized SARS-CoV-2 infection," the authors conclude.
One theory is that children have stronger "Innate" immune response that allows them to quickly clear the virus without developing antibodies.
A study in the journal Lancet last week reported 10 children with the inflammatory syndrome in Bergamo, Italy-the city with the highest rate of fatalities and infections-about 30 times higher than the normal incidence.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-evidence-on-kids-and-covid-11590017095?mod=hp_opin_pos_1
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