Re:The cruel, ridiculous reality of 'virtual learning'
by baskethead on Thursday January 06, 2022 @02:29AM
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Less than 1000 kids under the age of 18 died from Covid despite tens of millions of infections. That’s vastly less than the flu.
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Re:The cruel, ridiculous reality of 'virtual learning'
by divbzero on Thursday January 06, 2022 @03:05AM
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The best data summary I’ve seen [1] suggests that COVID-19 IFR for kids is 0.01% or less which is in line with the COVID-19 stats you cite. The same data summary [1] suggests that flu IFR for kids is probably the same order of magnitude but not “vastly less”.
I think COVID-19 vs. flu has gotten way too much press though and it’s worth noting that IFR in kids is low for both relative to IFR in adults. What I would really want to learn more about are the long-term effects of disease and how that varies by age. We know a bit about that for flu or polio or RSV but not so much for COVID-19 because it’s still so new.
Re:The cruel, ridiculous reality of 'virtual learning'
by mrhands556 on Thursday January 06, 2022 @08:42PM
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The CDC best estimate says under 18 IFR is 20 in 1 million or .002%
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scena...