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Old 01-12-2022, 07:40 PM   #1080
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Originally Posted by GGG View Post
I would think that the ratio of comorbidities would similar to previous.

There are 1 million Albertans 19 and under. We are infecting 60,000 per day or so. So somewhere around 12-15k kids per day are getting Covid. So that’s about a 1/1000 Hospitalization rate. This is comparable to pre-vaccine chicken pox.
Exactly, and you have to keep in mind we're effectively at "PEAK COVID" compared to any point we've been at before (and likely will ever be again hopefully). Considering zero omicron patients in the entire US have required mechanical ventilation, I'm fairly certain the odds are far in their favour.

I'm not saying there is no risk, but it is far below so many other things (like flu, RSV, old chickenpox, meningitis, etc) that we don't go hysterical for re: children.
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