5 children have died in the UK from Covid

[Alex50]

Interesting article

www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/23/five-children-have-died-of-coronavirus-in-uk-study-reveals

@Deblou43 - why? Children are extremely low risk. Obviously none of us want our kids to get ill but it happens. Most illness are thankfully mild. Best thing to do is to live life & when your kids are ill, be aware of risks such as sepsis etc & keep a close eye!

According to ONS there were 12.6 million children aged under 15 in the U.K., so 5 deaths, whilst awful for the individuals & their families & communities is very small in comparison with other more common illnesses, viruses, accidents etc. The threat to children from COVID does appear to be tiny.

www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/bulletins/annualmidyearpopulationestimates/mid2018

@Keepdistance

71 in picu. 3 still in itu. Doesnt say how many hospitalised or how many given oxygen or visited hospital

Considering my child has long term damage (all be it quiet mild at the moment due to him taking medications everyday) still 8 years after bronchitis at 11 months old, this is what is worrying me.

Yup. Knowing DS's chances are dying are low is great, but the damage it could do to his lungs petrifies me

@SleepingStandingUp

Yup. Knowing DS's chances are dying are low is great, but the damage it could do to his lungs petrifies me

This is the same for me

There was something just on about it causing scaring to the lungs
We couldn't handle that

What if your child came into one of these categories? Is it be ok if they died? Unbelievable.

But there are risks all the time in life, every minute of every day! Accidents at home; RTAs; illnesses that PPs have mentioned which you would never expect to be so serious. We have to get the risk of CV19 into proportion with other risks. Because it's new and constantly reported on, we currently perceive the risk to be far higher than it is, especially if we actually think about all the other risks which exist every second of every day, but we've got used to.

Did they die of it or with it. I think my PICU has only had a couple of cases, and only had underlying issues.

People for get that in kids RSV is a much much bigger issue. Children's wards and PICU's over flowing every winter

@Rabblemum

What if your child came into one of these categories? Is it be ok if they died? Unbelievable.

Not sure who this was aimed at but if it was the pp who mention Edwards etc then yeah, largely society does think it's OK. Sadly.

I dont understand why it isnt reassuring the article itself says

It’s a very small proportion of children who get Covid-19 severely enough to need intensive care. Compared to adults, only small numbers of children get severe Covid-19. That should be reassuring for parents.

@Deblou43 but this is reassuring surely?

Five children died of COVID, I wonder about how many children were murdered by people responsible for their care during lockdown. Willing to guess its at least 5, more likely double that. I’ve seen 3 cases in the news during lockdown.

Let’s also throw in the irreversible, lasting, deep level damage that will have been done to thousands of children locked up for months with their abuser, who will be bored, drunk or high. Their lives fucked up forever by months of intense repeated abuse and neglect.

Yet people are up to high doh about kids playing on swings.

Out of the five, one baby died of starved oxygen to the brain at birth but died 3 weeks later, a 5 year that had been very ill, in and out of hospital, a 12 year old Asian lad who’s bmi was 30. 9 month old baby that died from rare Covid syndrome, the last was I think a 13 year old girl, not sure of her health details

@Deblou43 this should be reassuring if anything. 5 is a tiny number. I'm not petrified at all.

The article also doesn’t give details of other underlying health issues, I would think the percentage will be quite high. I saw somewhere just over a hundred children have been admitted to hospital.

@Deblou43 hope you have a better day today. Mental illness sucks. Take one day at a time.
Covid is horrible and spreads quickly and as yet there’s no vaccine, it’s very fast moving. However less than 1% of the world’s population has tested positive of Covid . Even less have died.
With people taking care, social distancing, good hygiene, we can all help reduce the spread .

Agree that the numbers should be taken as reassurance, as they prove that it's extremely rare for children to die from coronavirius. if a child contracts the illness, they will almost certainly survive, and most DC won't get it anyway.

The statistics also need to be read in conjunction with overall death statistics, which show that between about 50-100 under 15s per week die from all causes (other illnesses, house fires, accidents, neglect etc).

www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/weeklyprovisionalfiguresondeathsregisteredinenglandandwales

And yes, a PP could be correct that lockdown could have caused more DC to die from other causes like neglect and abuse.

Why are you posting this OP? They all had underlying health conditions. It's a very small number. More kids die of other Things in a normal year.

There was also a 13 day old baby who died last week with Covid, in Sheffield.
They haven't yet ruled what the actual
'Cause of death' was though, just that the baby tested positive.

But yes, fortunately very low numbers for children compared to adults.

Heartbreaking for those families though of course.

There was also a 13 day old baby who died last week with Covid, in Sheffield.
They haven't yet ruled what the actual
'Cause of death' was though, just that the baby tested positive.

But yes, fortunately very low numbers for children compared to adults.

Heartbreaking for those families though of course.

@Bol87

I think it’s very obvious from around the world that children don’t get hit hard by corona. Thank god. They are the least likely to be ill. And most likely to be asymptomatic. It really is the only good thing about this whole shit show. They are gona spreaders though, hence the concern about schools.

I think people would be shocked to read how many kids end up in hospital on a yearly basis, some in ICU & how many tragically die. My friends kid was in ICU with chicken pox, which is crazy. And a colleagues kid developed sepsis from a cold 😣 You’ve just got to hope your kids are OK!

Your second paragraph is so true. My toddler has a rare health condition that makes him prone to respiratory infections. Last winter he was in ICU for a cold - many people found this unbelievable.

No idea where you're getting your figures from. NHS data shows 20 Children (counting up to age 19) have tragically died of COVID in England alone.

The COVID inflammatory syndrome is also concerning as so much is unknown about it.