2018-19, flu deaths, 0-4 yo: 68
2019-20, flu deaths, 0-4 yo: 87
2021-22, COVID deaths, 1-4 yo: 117
As you can see, COVID kills more children than flu.
If you were told that COVID is less dangerous than the flu for children, you’ve been lied to.
Sources:
- flu: https://gis.cdc.gov/GRASP/Fluview/PedFluDeath.html
- covid: https://data.cdc.gov/widgets/9bhg-hcku
For a discussion of the numbers and eventual under/over-counting, see this article.
Notes:
COVID killed more children in one winter than the flu did in any other recent winter, even though this winter many precautions were taken to keep the spread contained. I cannot imagine how many more children would have died of COVID if we didn’t take any precaution. Therefore, the numbers above probably underestimate how dangerous for children can COVID truly be.
Some might worry that the numbers above are incorrect due to under/over counting. It’s a legitimate doubt. I answered it in this article.
It’s all just re-arranging re-assigning re-calculation to show whoever you want it to show. What’s your point??
Since covid essentially replaced influenza—or at least this is what we were told—why is this noteworthy?