“whether or not you’re comfortable with these numbers, at least they’re real numbers we can discuss,” fisman said. “for any one of us, the likelihood that that it will be our kid who is severely sickened or dies is very very low. but it will be someone’s kid.”
on friday, fisman updated his comments, saying there have been enough cases of delta variant in children between birth and the age of nine and enough pediatric hospitalizations in ontario to say the odds ratio for hospitalization ( a measure of association between an exposure and an outcome) has increased. it’s too soon to assess the risk of being in the icu or dying, he said.
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like chicken pox, people have the impression that covid-19 is a mild disease for children. but covid is similar to chicken pox in that it can have long-term effects as well, said pediatrician dr. katharine smart, the incoming president of the canadian medical association. some children with covid-19 experienc multisystem inflammatory syndrome, a serious condition in which organs become inflamed.
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