Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

Imagine if contracting the virus increased your chance to have autistic children?

 

We should put that out there and see the heads explode.

 

Meanwhile, the CDC data on children’s infection rates may be fudged.

As the school year draws near, children and teens represent a ballooning percentage of Covid-19 cases in the U.S. as the youngest Americans increasingly venture outside their homes and are able to get tested.

While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has long maintained on its website that those younger than 18 make up only 2% of cases, state data paints a much less rosy picture. California and Mississippi, for instance, are recording rates nearing 10% of overall cases. Florida has found that about a third of all children tested there are infected.

In response to questions from Bloomberg, the CDC cited a chart, updated today, with data from the states showing children make up 6.4% of those infected, though information isn’t included on almost 1 million cases. The numbers are rising, epidemiologists say, as testing has become more available to those with mild or no symptoms, encompassing many of the pediatric cases, and as those under 18 are increasingly involved in social activities. …

Virus data isn’t reported in a consistent manner across states. But publicly available databases show that in many cases the numbers are vastly different than what the CDC continues to say on the portion of its website meant to provide Covid-19 information to pediatric health-care providers, a site that hasn’t been updated since May 29.

In producing this report, Bloomberg gathered data from state health departments across the U.S. Here’s a breakdown among selected states:

Regional authorities are also seeing the surge. Harris County, Texas, where Houston is located, is an epicenter of the recent rise in U.S. cases. There, those younger than 20 made up 11.4% of about 49,000 cases, according to the county’s public health department. Children up to age 9 represented 4.1%.

Studies have found that children tend not to suffer from severe coronavirus symptoms as often as adults, but there remain unknowns. They include the potential long-term effects of a Covid-19 infection, and at what rate students can transmit the virus to each other while in the classroom, as well as the effect on their teachers. …

Florida’s schools are slated to reopen in the fall despite the surge of cases there and state reports that 31% of children tested there were positive.

Salemi, who helps run the CovKids Project, which collects data on cases in children and teens, said he supports schools reopening responsibly with robust plans in place to keep children safe, something he doesn’t think Florida is capable of right now.

The project has tracked 769 pediatric intensive-care unit admissions related to the virus across the U.S. since mid-March, and 66 deaths in those younger than 20. Some of the severe cases have resulted in a condition similar to Kawasaki disease, which can cause heart and circulatory problems.​

COVID-19 infections on the rise in kids and teens with school approaching — Bloomberg

 

From Lindsay Berra

 

sorry to hear it

 

I posted a very unscientific poll asking when a proven COVID-19 vaccine with little to no side effects becomes available would you take it.

I had 3 yes responses, 7 no responses and 3 maybes.

I was only a little surprised.

 

DeSantis and Kemp are neck-and-neck in the race for the stupidest fucking governor in the country

 

Willful ignorance pisses me off.

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/where-does-ron-desantis-go-to-get-his-apology/