UK – further positive news to report regarding cases, death rates and Covid in children

The deaths data is also making things look worse than it is

Growing divergence between what shows up here (deaths within 28d of positive test) and deaths actually caused by #COVID19 as per death certificates

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— Alasdair Munro (@apsmunro) February 8, 2022

Despite a lot of concern about children with omicron, hospitalisation ratios for children remain low

Since Dec there have been 1,610,178 cases and 6241 hospital admissions (<0.4% of cases)

All indicators now falling fast across all ages despite no longer masking in schools

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— Alasdair Munro (@apsmunro) February 8, 2022

Several studies of persistent symptoms in children ("long covid") have been published, confirming rareness in adolescence and almost undetectable in primary age children

Small (if any) diff in QoL vs controls

Excellent editorial on 2 new studies here

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— Alasdair Munro (@apsmunro) February 8, 2022

And just a final note that whilst this will all feel good for a lot of people, there are plenty still feeling anxious or who have really been traumatised by the past 2 years

We are all worthy of compassion, patience and thoughtfulness, so be kind

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— Alasdair Munro (@apsmunro) February 8, 2022