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Re: BREAKING: CDC advisory panel recommends use of Pfizer vaccine for kids 12 to 15,

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Thu, 13 May 21 7:32 PM | 13 view(s)
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10,000 cases per day isn't huge but it is more than here, even as a proportion of the total population.

But you'd expect the proportion of cases involving children to increase as other age groups get inoculated.

Even then, children hardly ever die of it. Certainly far less than are killed in road accidents, die of cancer, and so on.

Same goes for deaths in the 18-24 range. People in that age range congregate because they have figured the risk of hospitalisation and death is very low for them. They get it, they are as immune as a person with a jab.

The way it looks to me, the US is over the coronahump. It's time to relax a bit. But still wear masks and so on. Oh wait. It's America. Freedumb.

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Re: BREAKING: CDC advisory panel recommends use of Pfizer vaccine for kids 12 to 15,
By: clo2 in ALEA
Thu, 13 May 21 11:51 AM 		Msg. 42078 of 54434

Looks like we have a bigger problem with children then you do.

Children Now Account For 22% Of New U.S. COVID Cases. Why Is That?
May 3, 20213:40 PM ET

The number of children contracting COVID-19 in the U.S. is much lower than the record highs set at the start of the new year, but children now account for more than a fifth of new coronavirus cases in states that release data by age, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. It's a statistic that may surprise many: Just one year ago, child COVID-19 cases made up only around 3% of the U.S. total.

On Monday, the AAP said children represented 22.4% of new cases reported in the past week, accounting for 71,649 out of 319,601 cases. The latest report, drawn from data collected through April 29, illustrates how children's share of coronavirus infections has grown in recent weeks.

Experts link the trend to several factors – particularly high vaccination rates among older Americans. The U.S. recently announced 100 million people were fully vaccinated against COVID-19. But other dynamics are also in play, from new COVID-19 variants to the loosening of restrictions on school activities.

It's also worth noting that for the vast majority of the pandemic, the age group with the highest case rates has been 18 to 24 in the U.S., as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes.

more:
http://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/05/03/993141036/children-now-account-for-22-of-new-u-s-covid-cases-why-is-that

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