Covid and kids

[Ticklemycarpets]

So with everything opening up, Covid rates rising and kids being the major group unvaccinated, I need to understand better the risk to kids so I can weigh up what we do / don't do this summer.

Are there some comparisons that you know of?
I'd like to know the death rate for kids of Covid compared to chicken pox for example.
Can kids get long Covid?

If it's similar to chickenpox for example it wouldn't stop us visiting friends but it outcomes are worse or there's the risk of long Covid.

@TheLovelinessOfDemons

gastrointestinal symptoms? Oh dear, then both my younger DC should have self-isolated and taken PCR tests last Thursday. I didn't know they were symptoms of Covid.

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/six-distinct-types-of-covid-19-identified

The GI type was identified last July.

It's never been on the list of 'get a PCR now' symptoms, but it is a common enough presentation.