CDC says at least 75 percent of kids have had covid

[Anonymous]

So I guess all those school closures accomplished jack

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/26/health/coronavirus-antibodies-americans-cdc.amp.html

[Anonymous]

I’d like to better understand how they came to that number. Did 75% of kids take a blood test for antibodies?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d like to better understand how they came to that number. Did 75% of kids take a blood test for antibodies?

I wondered too… doesn’t vaccinated blood also have antibodies?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d like to better understand how they came to that number. Did 75% of kids take a blood test for antibodies?

Anytime anyone anywhere got a blood test for something, the government had the lap also test for Covid too. And yes they can tell the difference between getting Covid and being vaccinated

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d like to better understand how they came to that number. Did 75% of kids take a blood test for antibodies?

Anytime anyone anywhere got a blood test for something, the government had the lap also test for Covid too. And yes they can tell the difference between getting Covid and being vaccinated

Yes, they can tell the difference.

Are you saying 75% of kids had a blood draw in the last six months? Have yours?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d like to better understand how they came to that number. Did 75% of kids take a blood test for antibodies?

Anytime anyone anywhere got a blood test for something, the government had the lap also test for Covid too. And yes they can tell the difference between getting Covid and being vaccinated

But then did they us modeling? I mean, have 75% of children had bloodwork done in the last year?

[Anonymous]

The had a large number of samples and then extrapolated the data, like a political poll only with a much larger sample size. They did not literally test the blood of 75% of children in America.

[Anonymous]

I am wondering because no one in my immediate family has had it and we cannot be that atypical.

[Anonymous]

We thought no one in our family had had it until my son tested + on a back to school DCPS testing. No symptoms. No one else tested positive. I suspect that perhaps our vaccinated family may have had multiple positive cases over the last year but never knew about it because we had no reason to test.

So yes, I completely believe it that 75% of kids have had covid and for most of them it was barely a sniffle.

[Anonymous]

I know that 50% of my kid's class has had covid. I also assume a few kids have had it but didn't know about it so I totally believe the 75% figure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The had a large number of samples and then extrapolated the data, like a political poll only with a much larger sample size. They did not literally test the blood of 75% of children in America.

This. I kind of want to cry that people don't understand how the process works.

Our kids haven't tested positive, but there's an excellent chance they've had it. They were in in-person care from September 2020, went to camps, etc. I think we also need to remember that this number indicates how truly mild (to the point of being asymptomatic) COVID is in the overwhelming majority of kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The had a large number of samples and then extrapolated the data, like a political poll only with a much larger sample size. They did not literally test the blood of 75% of children in America.

This. I kind of want to cry that people don't understand how the process works.

Our kids haven't tested positive, but there's an excellent chance they've had it. They were in in-person care from September 2020, went to camps, etc. I think we also need to remember that this number indicates how truly mild (to the point of being asymptomatic) COVID is in the overwhelming majority of kids.

I guess we are atypical then because, as of ten days ago when we all had to get blood work done, none of us had had COVID.

[Anonymous]

I think it may be lower than the 75% in our area because people here were generally more cautious. I also think that is why DC is having more cases than many other places in the country - we are playing catch-up. 50% of one kid’s class has had it already. 30% of the other kid’s class. There definitely could be some that had it on top of that who were never tested.

[Anonymous]

I totally believe it. All those States without mask mandates at schools had a huge number of infections. It was only some areas that had kids out of school for a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I totally believe it. All those States without mask mandates at schools had a huge number of infections. It was only some areas that had kids out of school for a year.

I believe it. But I live in DC and almost every kid I know has had it at some point in the last 2 years. I can think of only a handful who have never tested positive. I think we delayed a lot of kids getting it, which was good, but… we’re all gonna get it.