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[quote=Anonymous]There was a suggestion above that the chances of a bad outcome from Covid was minuscule for kids.  I'm just posting a couple articles:
https://www.heart.org/en/news/2023/04/25/long-covid-in-children-still-poses-plenty-of-questions
From article: ""I would say on average, we're looking at somewhere between 4% to 25% of kids who have had a SARS-CoV-2 infection go on to have symptoms of long COVID," said Rao, who also is an associate professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. However, "it's a very difficult question to answer, just because different groups are exploring this in slightly different ways, with different definitions.""

Kids can end up with bad outcomes short of death.

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-07-21/1-in-5-kids-had-long-covid-symptoms-months-after-infection

From article: "The review, of 31 international studies, found that over 16% of children and teenagers with COVID had problems such as sore throat, persistent fevers, fatigue and muscle weakness at least three months later."

Have you dealt with a child with persistent muscle weakness and fatigue?

https://www.salon.com/2023/08/27/long-is-debilitating-children-and-doctors-worry-there-arent-enough-centers-to-treat-them/

Do we even have the resources to treat the number of kids who will have Long Covid after letting it loose in our schools without any mitigation?

Thinking about wearing a mask while cases are heading up seems super reasonable.[/quote]

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