I did this. This is quite convincing to me that the "COVID involved" deaths are not mis-categorized and they actually are related to COVID unless CDC is straight up fabricating death numbers on a massive scale. The stories about the COVID death categorizations being overstated are pure FUD.
> Data from the first 12 months of the pandemic in England shows 25 under-18s died from Covid.
> Around 15 had life-limiting or underlying conditions, including 13 living with complex neuro-disabilities
> Six had no underlying conditions recorded in the last five years - though researchers caution some illnesses may have been missed
Were the children with complex neuro-disabilities pushed over the edge by covid? Quite possibly. Is that a reason for parents of healthy children to worry? Unlikely.
That's not how "covid involved" is defined, no.
That 412 number is "covid involved", not "covid caused".
This could be that the death was not at all due to covid, but the cadaver tested positive. They were in a car accident, for example.
This could be actually caused by covid primarily.
This could be covid tipped someone over the edge who was already very ill.
EDIT: also hospitalizations for children are rare
https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/COVIDNet/COVID19_3.html