Girl died of heart inflammation triggered by Covid - BBC News
"A 15-year-old girl died after deteriorating 'astonishingly' quickly from a rare heart inflammation linked to Covid..."
Gregory Travis. Make schools #DavosSafe on Twitter
Sunday quickstats:
In the twelve months from Sep 2020 to Sep 2021 an average of 1.4 children a day died of COVID
1,276 children have died of COVID in the last twelve months -- 3.5 a day
Last month an average of 3.2 children (0-17yo) a day died of COVID in the United States
COVID-19 can cause long-term lung damage to children and teens
"COVID-19 can cause long-term lung damage to children and teens"
Jeff Gilchrist on Twitter
Thread COVID-19: Students infect more people than adults and thousands miss class
Contact tracing found students represented 42.6% of infected individuals causing onward transmission compared to 25% of non-students on average ( https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/irv.13049 ). H/T: @rdmorris 🧵1/
Gregory Travis. Make schools #DavosSafe on Twitter
Thread Prior to COVID, brain cancer was the largest disease killer of children
Today, COVID is the largest disease killer of children
NB: Individual cancers are broken out, not aggregated together under a single "cancer" category
That is the right way to do this kind of comparison
Jeff Gilchrist on Twitter
Thread COVID-19: Pediatric Diabetes, Lung Damage, Brain Impact, Newborns, and Higher Hospitalization Rates
Studies show kids are also at risk of long-term consequences from infection and especially those <5 for higher rates of hospitalization than most adults. Let's take a look.🧵1/
Type 1 diabetes risk increases in young people following COVID-19 infection, studies suggest
Type 1 diabetes risk increases in young people following COVID-19 infection, studies suggest https://
Schools Are Significant Sites of COVID Transmission
Schools Are Significant Sites of COVID Transmission
"An analysis of surveillance data for almost 1000 exposures to SARS-CoV-2 found that students accounted for a higher proportion of infected individuals who caused onward transmission than did the public"
Safety in Numbers - @SafetyinNumberz@zeroes.ca on Twitter
October 2022 One thing that IS totally clear about US kid COVID deaths, is they are getting worse every year.
2020 - 219 kids died 2021 - 798 died 2022 (Jan-Aug) - 705 died, on track for > 1100+ child COVID deaths
It isn't getting better. It isn't "mild". We're endangering our children.
Lasting Lung Damage Seen in Children and Teens after COVID
Children and adolescents who have either recovered from COVID-19 or have long COVID show persistent lung damage on MRI, according to a study published in Radiology"
Juvenile type 1 diabetes associated with COVID-19 infection in children, CWRU study finds
Juvenile type 1 diabetes associated with COVID-19 infection in children, CWRU study finds
MaskTogetherAmerica on Twitter
Thread A @cwru study shows: Children are substantially more at risk of developing #T1D after infected w/ #COVID19. Research should lead to action. @CDCDirector
@POTUS What are your next steps? Share the truth about #LongCovid, so ppl will take precautions. https://bit.ly/3UINR3a 🧵
Bambino morto per Covid a Torino: aveva 10 anni, il virus l’ha portato via in meno di 48 ore
Lorenzo, or nicknamed Lollo, died from covid complications in January 2022 in Turin, Italy. He was 10. Covid triggered rhabdomyolysis: a severe, potentially fatal condition which causes muscle destruction and organ damage.
Jeff Gilchrist on Twitter
Thread It is not just adults that die from COVID-19. A recent study in Japan looked at 41 children under the age of 20 who were infected and died between January and August of this year, 73% within a week after symptom onset ( https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220916/p2a/00m/0na/033000c ). H/T: @KatePri14608408 10/
Many COVID patients aged under 20 died within week from onset of symptoms: Japan study
Many COVID patients aged under 20 died within week from onset of symptoms: Japan study
Virtually all children infected with COVID-19 show signs of blood vessel damage, study shows
From 2020: "Virtually all children infected with COVID-19 show signs of blood vessel damage, study shows"
Japanese doctor warns of potentially fatal COVID-related brain damage in children
"Japanese doctor warns of potentially fatal COVID-related brain damage in children"
Long COVID symptoms in SARS-CoV-2-positive children aged 0–14 years and matched controls in Denmark (LongCOVIDKidsDK): a national, cross-sectional study
Compared with controls, children aged 0–14 years who had a SARS-CoV-2 infection had more prevalent long-lasting symptoms.
Prevalence of symptoms, comorbidities, fibrin amyloid microclots and platelet pathology in individuals with Long COVID/ Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC)
Prevalence of symptoms, comorbidities, fibrin amyloid microclots and platelet pathology in individuals with Long COVID/ Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) We are sending children to school with no mitigations and a 5% chance of a disease that damages you blood vessels.🩸 ALL 80 patients tested in this paper had moderate microclots.
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) showing disseminated aspergillosis, cytomegalovirus reactivation and persistent SARS-COV-2: Case report with autopsy review
This is an autopsy of 5yo child who died of MIS-C 1 month after infection. SARS-CoV-2 was found in multiple organs by electron microscopy, PCR, or staining. They also found aspergillosis and reactivated CMV, both attributed to immunosuppressive treatment.
A Colorado teen’s long COVID isn’t just persisting — after 2 years, it’s getting worse
"A Colorado teen’s long COVID isn’t just persisting — after 2 years, it’s getting worse"
"Lilly Downs, now 18, is fighting life-threatening infections as doctors try to solve “a very big medical mystery”
Long Covid in Kids Has Effects That Last Beyond Hospital
"As the world pretends the pandemic is over, at least a half-million children in the U.S. are struggling with the mysterious disease." Sept 2022
Covid: è morta Sofia, la bimba calabrese di 5 anni ricoverata al Bambino Gesù
Sofia, only five year-old, died today in Italy from multi-organ dysfunction following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Sofia was hospitalized in Rome on 23 August after being transferred via helicopter rescue from her native south Italy August 2022
'It's terminal' | Georgia twin boys with autism now fighting rare genetic disorder after being infected by COVID
“Their inflammation markers were coming up at more than 30 times what they should be for a kid…A severe illness, like the COVID infection Grayson & Hunter had last summer, can activate the disorder in kids.”
laurie allee on Twitter
Thread Starting thread on children who have lost parents and/or caregivers to Covid:
Risk of children orphaned from COVID-19 highest in poorest countries: In poorest countries, each COVID-19 death estimated to result in 1.56 orphans -- vs 0.09 orphans in high-GDP countries
In poorest countries, each COVID-19 death estimated to result in 1.56 orphans"
More than 1,500 Australian children may have lost parents to Covid
"For every 100 Covid-related deaths in Australia, around 13 young people lost one or both of their parents."
Blood clots, heart problems, kidney failure: COVID creates a higher risk for rare pediatric problems, new CDC study finds
Children and teens who’ve had COVID are at greater risk for blood clots, heart problems, kidney failure, and Type 1 diabetes, according to a new report in August 2022
CPS sees 1st week spike in COVID cases, doctors worry lax guidelines contributing
Chicago Public Schools saw an increase in COVID cases in the first week of school after the CDC relaxed guidelines. Low vaccination rates don't help. August 2022
Neurological and psychiatric risk trajectories after SARS-CoV-2 infection: an analysis of 2-year retrospective cohort studies including 1 284 437 patients
Children who got COVID-19 had increased risks of cognitive deficit, insomnia, intracranial haemorrhage, ischaemic stroke, nerve root & plexus disorders, psychotic disorders, and epilepsy or seizures (HRs: 1·20 to 2·16)."
COVID-19 is not flu, certainly.