Covid is statistically harmless to children and babies. This is a cold hard fact according to the CDC's published numbers.

fig96 said:

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Previously true, that may be starting to shift though per reports from a number of hospitals and docs. Again though, waiting to see data.

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CDC data is published weekly.

Salute The Marines said:

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fig96 said:

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Previously true, that may be starting to shift though per reports from a number of hospitals and docs. Again though, waiting to see data.

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CDC data is published weekly.

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Don't get in the way of good anecdotal testimony.

here is a copy/past of my poste from the other thread:
So using that data and the CDC surveillance data for cases as well, here is what the hospitalization likelihood looks like per confirmed case for the 2 youngest age groups.

I also threw on the flu hospital rates for similar age ranges from 2017-2018. (i made the assumption that for covid we are detecting roughly 1/4 of the cases so I multiplied to flu hospitalization rate by 4 to make it a fair comparison)

my takeaway from this is that first, the early data likely skews high due to poor case surveillance last summer, and second that it looks like Delta is likely more dangerous to kids than previous versions, maybe as much as 50-100% more dangerous, but a 100% increase in a tiny number is still a small number.

Utah is showing that 5.4% of babies (age 0-1) that get covid are hospitalized. They report < 5 deaths, but I'm pretty sure that number is 0. And its hard to know the severity of their illness from just this high level data.

https://coronavirus-dashboard.utah.gov/hosp.html Table: Total Hospitalizations by Age

So maybe not the end of the world, but would be preferable to avoid a baby ending up in the hospital.

Of all the respiratory viruses an infant can get, COVID is one of the least concerning. RSV and flu and parainfluenza and human metapneumovirus are all MUCH worse. Hell even dumb Herpes Simplex 1 is super dangerous to neonates.

COVID (Delta) is ripping through the entire population including kids and there will be some hospital stays and deaths but it will very likely continue to be a very tiny percentage of cases.