President Donald Trump has been censored on Facebook and Twitter after saying children are “almost immune” from COVID-19. What do the facts say?
We know for sure children are less likely to fall seriously ill from the coronavirus, and emerging evidence suggests they’re less likely to be infected too.
What’s less clear is how much they spread the virus once infected.
– Children rarely become seriously ill –
Under-18s have accounted for just two percent of hospitalized COVID-19 cases and less than 0.1 percent of all deaths in the United States, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
A total of 45 children died from the coronavirus in the United States between February 1 and August 1 — compared to 105 who died from seasonal flu — out of a total of 13,000 children who died of all of causes over the period.
When they do catch the virus, children are far less likely than adults to fall seriously ill.
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Source: Guardian Newspaper
