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tblue37

(64,979 posts)
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 02:11 PM Oct 2021

Children, at just 22% of U.S. population, account for 27% of new covid cases.

While the number of children who tested positive for Covid-19 declined slightly, children made up a greater percentage of the total new US Covid-19 cases in the most recent week over the previous week, accounting for nearly 27% of all cases reported nationwide, the American Academy of Pediatrics reported Monday.
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Children, at just 22% of U.S. population, account for 27% of new covid cases. (Original Post) tblue37 Oct 2021 OP
And if all those over 18 were vaccinated Igel Oct 2021 #1
They are low vaxxed (or completely un-vaxxed since under 12 can't even get vaxxed) and LisaL Oct 2021 #2
Yes, & until Pfizer's vax for kids is authorized, it will probably get worse. tblue37 Oct 2021 #4
Sorry--link tblue37 Oct 2021 #3
And those are just the kids who were tested. RockCreek Oct 2021 #5
Thankfully, kids don't seem suffer too badly... VarryOn Oct 2021 #6
UK: of whole population, 1.44% currently have Covid. 13-17 years old: 6.9% muriel_volestrangler Oct 2021 #7

Igel

(35,191 posts)
1. And if all those over 18 were vaccinated
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 02:23 PM
Oct 2021

then children would account for an even larger percentage.

You need an "all things being equal" qualifier in there, but there can't be one. The only way to get one would be to go to children as a percentage of the unvaccinated (and toss in the occasional breakthrough infection). They're probably still underrepresented, but first you have to have the right sample for determining what "proper representation" is.

It's like early in the pandemic of the unvaccinated (when that included you and me) those most at risk weren't kids but the older and those with certain conditions. That *was* closer representative, since there were no vaccinated. All that's left is to account for frequency of contacts and likelihood of transmission. There's no good reason to think that the risks have changed in some disproportionate way.

LisaL

(44,962 posts)
2. They are low vaxxed (or completely un-vaxxed since under 12 can't even get vaxxed) and
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 02:25 PM
Oct 2021

in schools where they mingle with each other (and many schools don't have mask mandates). So it's not a great surprise.

RockCreek

(738 posts)
5. And those are just the kids who were tested.
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 03:21 PM
Oct 2021

How many kids are asymptomatic or being sent to school with "allergies" or " just a stomach ache"?

 

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)
6. Thankfully, kids don't seem suffer too badly...
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 03:32 PM
Oct 2021

Three of our grandkids have tested positive so far, and only one had symptoms. Just a runny nose and sore throat.

The good things is none of the parents or grandparents caught it from them. We're all vaxxed.

At my wife's elementary school (about 350 students), they've had 7 cases so far this school year. She's had no students in her classes who've had it. It's gone better than I would have guessed considering masks aren't required. She says about 10% of kids wear them.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,150 posts)
7. UK: of whole population, 1.44% currently have Covid. 13-17 years old: 6.9%
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 05:25 PM
Oct 2021
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights

2-12: 2.8%. All older age groups: 1.2% or below.#

That's a statistical result from the Office of National Statistics, rather than just those who decide to take a test for their own reasons.
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