It appears that the rates of death and hospitalisation have been calculated by dividing by the total number of children in the population, not the number that have been infected, hugely underestimating risk. H/t @DocMoschos for pointing out.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57766717 …
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"There were an estimated 469,982 CYP infected with SARS-CoV-2 in England from March 2020 to February 2021, giving an infection fatality rate of 5 per 100,000 CYP (0·005%) and, based on a population of 12,023,568, a mortality rate of 2 per million CYP (0·0002%)."
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Is the beef with people quoting the lower percentage?
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