What we know so far about COVID-19 and children vanguardnews
President Donald Trump has been censored on Facebook and Twitter after saying children are “almost immune” from COVID-19. What do the facts say?
A total of 45 children died from the coronavirus in the United States between February 1 and August 1 — compared to 105 who died from seasonal flu — out of a total of 13,000 children who died of all of causes over the period.An informative study of 2,143 confirmed or suspected cases of coronavirus among children in China found 94 percent of cases were asymptomatic, mild or moderate.
There is also a highly rare, post-viral condition called Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children which can develop about a month after SARS-CoV-2 infection and causes multiple organs to become painfully inflamed. Similar surveys carried out in Spain, Italy and Switzerland all had similar results, finding children accounted for a far smaller proportion of infections compared to adults.In the US, top infectious diseases official Anthony Fauci is leading a study into the question of infection and transmission rates among children and adults, with results expected by December.This is perhaps the most pressing question as authorities consider when and how to reopen schools.
Since this genetic material causes the virus to grow in labs, the authors suggested that children are probably important drivers of transmission.Another way of approaching the problem is through the lens of epidemiology — that is, what happened in real life?
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