Seems unlikely to affect children badly

None of the other variants did, and this one is milder. Far far more damage caused to children by interfering with education, sport, social interaction etc

Posted By: paulg on December 29th 2021 at 22:58:42

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These reports of kids in hospital with this covid variant are a bit of a worry …. (Coronavirus) - loz, Dec 29, 22:11:35
- Seems unlikely to affect children badly (Coronavirus) - paulg, Dec 29, 22:58:42
  - Milder due to vaccination and previous infection (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Dec 29, 23:01:52
    - But kids were never badly affected as a class (n/m) (Coronavirus) - paulg, Dec 29, 23:10:45
      - Yeah it doesn’t seem any worse this time around (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Dec 29, 23:15:08
        
        Surely with 180,000 cases there’ll be a good number (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Dec 29, 23:21:40
        
        Which is why I’d like them kicked out if sick with covid (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Dec 29, 23:33:23
- I suppose kids are now the largest group of unvaccinated people (Coronavirus) - Jim, Dec 29, 22:43:43
  - 2 jabs still protective of serious illness (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Dec 29, 22:45:37
- Presumably there's more than a degree of 'herd immunity' to the Gov's current approach? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - NxNW, Dec 29, 22:23:43
  - More the NHS can cope surely (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Dec 29, 22:28:44
    - Will they have enough staff to cope … (Coronavirus) - loz, Dec 29, 22:30:53
      - The Gov (rightly or wrongly) will just cut isolation to 5 (or even 0) days (n/m) (Coronavirus) - NxNW, Dec 29, 22:39:42
        
        Talk of 0 days for kids (n/m) (Coronavirus) - loz, Dec 29, 22:40:51
      - At the moment the situation is manageable (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Dec 29, 22:33:59
        
        What’s in hospital now is surely based on when … (Coronavirus) - loz, Dec 29, 22:39:10
        
        That’s the concern (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Dec 29, 22:40:10
        
        Shouldn’t we be doing something to mitigate that risk until we know … (Coronavirus) - loz, Dec 29, 22:41:55
        
        Quite possibly (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Dec 29, 22:44:22
        
        Backing booster to flatten curve sufficiently? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SimonOTBC, Dec 29, 23:35:55
        
        Will be interesting to see if data changes … (Coronavirus) - loz, Dec 29, 22:48:18
- Doesn’t seem to affect kids disproportionately though (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Dec 29, 22:16:28
  - This thread doesn’t fill one with confidence … (Coronavirus) - loz, Dec 29, 22:18:22
    - That’s just her timeline (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Dec 29, 22:22:02
      - Not sure you can be over cautious where kids are concerned … (Coronavirus) - loz, Dec 29, 22:25:43
        
        You can if you needlessly keep them out of school (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Dec 29, 22:31:24
        
        But letting it rip is ultimately likely to mean that happens as … (Coronavirus) - loz, Dec 29, 22:39:58
        
        Will be due to infection control, not illness though (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Dec 29, 22:42:52
        
        But the kids aren’t vaccinated and won’t be for a while … (Coronavirus) - loz, Dec 29, 22:45:31
        
        They weren’t vaccinated before either and did ok (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Dec 29, 22:48:40

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