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Re:The end of the pandemic is near by liquidise on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @11:53AM (#27292120)
Have the statistics changed for people under 10 with covid? Early on data suggested almost no hospitalizations or deaths for young people.
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Re:The end of the pandemic is near by sharken on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @12:51PM (#27292931)
According to this link 287 out of 568.000 has died from Covid, though that is in the age group 0-17 years.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-...

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Re:The end of the pandemic is near by alisonkisk on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @01:19PM (#27293340)
If you assume that lung damage is to an extent irreversible and accumulates over time (peobbat less true for pre-puberty children than adults), then you'd expect lung damage to be less immediately fatal in the young yet still have similar effect, just delayed.
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Re:The end of the pandemic is near by nradov on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @02:21PM (#27294155)
That is not a valid assumption. There is no evidence that lung damage is common in children, or that it is irreversible.
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