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appalachiablue

(41,047 posts)
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 10:57 PM Apr 2020

Virus Is Mostly Mild And Rarely Fatal For US Kids, Data Show

Source: Associated Press

The first national data on COVID-19 in U.S. children suggest that while the illness usually isn’t severe in kids, some do get sick enough to require hospital treatment.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Monday shows that fever, cough and shortness of breath were the most common symptoms in kids, but they occurred less often than in adults. The findings mostly echo reports from China about how the new coronavirus affects children.

The report included nearly 150,000 laboratory-confirmed U.S. cases in adults and children from Feb. 12 through April 2. About 2,500 of them, or almost 2%, were children. While most kids didn’t become severely ill, three youngsters died.

About 1 in 5 infected children were hospitalized versus 1 in 3 adults. Cases were more common in older children and teens but serious illness appeared to be more common in infants. Cases were slightly more common in boys than girls. The authors cautioned that many details were missing from pediatric cases, so the report should be considered preliminary...


Read more: https://apnews.com/89781e9aea42774360e1ff6cdebbd8e5

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Virus Is Mostly Mild And Rarely Fatal For US Kids, Data Show (Original Post) appalachiablue Apr 2020 OP
Kick dalton99a Apr 2020 #1
Interesting that even kids have more cases in boys than girls, Liberty Belle Apr 2020 #2
Estrogen in women has been speculated too for protective qualities appalachiablue Apr 2020 #3
That's usually been for consequences, not infection. Igel Apr 2020 #4
We are typically only testing really sick people Drahthaardogs Apr 2020 #5
There's some speculation that it's due to declining levels of melatonin as we age. JudyM Apr 2020 #6
I am incredibly grateful for this Skittles Apr 2020 #7

Liberty Belle

(9,528 posts)
2. Interesting that even kids have more cases in boys than girls,
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 12:51 AM
Apr 2020

same as with adults. Some speculated it might be because more men smoke than women, but that woudn't be true with children.

There may be a chromosomal tie that puts boys and men at higher risk.

Igel

(35,191 posts)
4. That's usually been for consequences, not infection.
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 07:28 AM
Apr 2020

ACE2 receptors, you'd think, wouldn't be that estrogen sensitive.

First thing to do is to ask if the data are correct, if it might be the case that either boys are tested more than girls or the sampling technique is more accurate for girls. That is, are the data biased in some way?

Before building a theory on the assumption that the data are clean, first confirm that the data really are clean.

JudyM

(29,122 posts)
6. There's some speculation that it's due to declining levels of melatonin as we age.
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 09:56 PM
Apr 2020

And that taking melatonin could help us fight it off. I’ve started taking it, along with elderberry, zinc, vitamin D, oil of oregano and Asian mushroom supplement, cutting way back on sweets and increasing exercise, sleep and water intake. I have a 95 year old mom to watch out for ❤️

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