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Originally Posted by SkBlogW

As of 9/15, CDC reports a total of 439 covid deaths from 0-17 years

That's 439 out of a population of 74 million.

Over 1000 kids have already died from the flu and pnuemonia.

COVID-19 Provisional Counts - Weekly Updates by Select Demographic and Geographic Characteristics

Over the course of the pandemic, 49,000 Americans under the age of 18 have died of all causes, minus 439 from covid.

The Kids Were Safe From COVID the Whole Time

"Save the children" is really just politicians trying to look like they are doing something and old people who want the whole world to stop living until they no longer fear covid.

From the "...Kids Were Safe..." article:

Which means that while more cases are likely and some amount of hospitalization and death, as well, vaccines have eliminated the overwhelming share of American mortality risk, with the disease now circulating almost exclusively among people who can endure it much, much better — kids especially.

I wonder if the current 140,000+ new cases per day, 1,800+ deaths per day, and 96,700 currently hospitalized are what the authors envisioned when they wrote that paragraph?