Thousands of babies & or children are dying of Covid-19 in Brazil

[lenny]

"Between February 2020 and 15 March 2021, Covid-19 killed at least 852 of Brazil's children up to the age of nine, including 518 babies under one year old, according to figures from the Brazilian Ministry of Health. But Dr Marinho estimates that more than twice this number of children died of Covid. A serious problem of underreporting due to lack of Covid testing is bringing the numbers down, she says.

Dr Marinho calculated the excess of deaths by unspecified acute respiratory syndrome during the pandemic, and found that there were 10 times more deaths by unexplained respiratory syndrome than in previous years. By adding these numbers, she estimates that the virus in fact killed 2,060 children under nine years old, including 1,302 babies.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56696907

 

[lenny]

flu is more deadly to children.

"According to the Brazilian Health Ministry, there were 199 registered fatalities from influenza in Brazil through June 3rd, 2019."

That's from all age groups, children and everyone else.

OTOH in Brazil covid is reported to have "in fact killed 2,060 children under nine years old, including 1,302 babies" in just over one year.

Based on that covid is far more deadly to children than the flu.

Furthermore, unlike with the flu, the covid numbers are based on extreme safety measures being in place. Without such measures the covid deaths to children would be even higher.

flu is more deadly to children.

"Researchers analyzed the number of coronavirus cases and deaths among people under the age of 21 that were reported to the CDC between Feb. 12 and July 31 of this year.

They found more than 390,000 cases and 121 deaths."

https://www.npr.org/sections/corona...n-who-die-from-covid-19-are-children-of-color
"Flu deaths in children have been nationally reportable since 2004. Since that time, flu-related deaths in children reported to CDC during regular flu seasons have ranged

from 37 to 188 deaths.Aug. 21, 2020"

https://www.google.com/search?q=flu...&ved=0ahUKEwiG97nPpIjwAhUVrJ4KHVLtBx0Q4dUDCA4
"Fewer Children Died in 2020, Despite the Pandemic. Experts Are Trying to Figure Out Why"

"...In the U.S., just over 100 children under age 15 died from COVID-19 in 2020."

https://time.com/5929751/childhood-mortality-2020-covid-19/
Based on that - and that unlike the flu there have been extreme safety measures in place for covid - and that covid, unlike the flu, had no vaccine - covid should be considered to be more deadly to US children than the flu.