- Flu seasons vary in severity, however every year children are at risk
- CDC estimates that from the 2010-2011 season to the 2019-2020 season, flu-related hospitalizations among children younger than 5 years old have ranged from 7,000 to 26,000 in the United States.
- While relatively rare, some children die from flu each year. From the 2004-2005 season to the 2019-2020 season, flu-related deaths in children reported to CDC during regular flu seasons have ranged from 37 to 199 deaths. (During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, 358 pediatric flu-related deaths were reported to CDC from April 2009 to September 2010.) It is noteworthy that among reported pediatric deaths, about 80% of those children were not fully vaccinated. Also of note, even though individual flu deaths in children must be reported to CDC, it is likely that not all deaths are captured and that the number of actual deaths is higher. CDC has developed statistical models that account for the underreporting of flu-related deaths in children to estimate the actual number of deaths. During 2019-2020, for example, 199 deaths in children were reported to CDC but statistical modeling suggests approximately 434 deaths may have occurred. More information about pediatric deaths since the 2004-2005 flu season is available in the interactive flu web application.
- https://www.cdc.gov/flu/highrisk/children.htm
. According to
the CDC, 490 children under age 17 years have died of COVID-19 in the US. This number was derived from an analysis of 83% of the total number of COVID-19 deaths, so the actual number of pediatric deaths is certainly a bit higher than this.
In contrast,
the CDC reported that just one child died of the flu during the 2020-2021 flu season. Those who compare the two diseases curiously
omit this fact. Even in previous years, the flu killed less children than COVID-19. According to the
CDC:
While COVID-19 killed 500 children over the past year, the flu killed just one.
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+ aika helvetin monta icu + mis-c tapausta.
Tuohon kun otetaan vielä rajotusten vaikutus jolla aika monta tapausta estettiin niin.. kyllä covid valitettavasti vie voiton vaarallisuudessa.