Researchers with the University College London, the University of York, the University of Liverpool, and the University of Bristol found in a study (pdf) that has not yet been peer-reviewed that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, otherwise known as the coronavirus, doesn't appear to present a significant risk to children as compared with other age groups.
The study concluded, "The risk of removal of CYP (children and young people) from their normal activities across education and social events may prove a greater risk than that of SARS-CoV-2 itself." SARS-CoV-2 is another name for the CCP virus.
Comment: The authors of this article would benefit from researching the true likely source of the virus. Hint: it probably did not originate in China.
It was revealed in the study that only 25 children under the age of 18 died of COVID-19 from the start of the pandemic until the end of February 2021. Around 61 children in all died after testing positive, but in 36 cases it was found the virus "did not contribute to their death."
But during the same time period, there were 124 suicides among children and 268 deaths from trauma, the study authors found, while noting the virus is "rarely fatal" for children.
"These new studies show that the risks of severe illness or death from SARS-CoV-2 are extremely low in children and young people," said University College London Professor Russell Viner, a senior author of the study, in a release this week. "Our new findings are important as they will inform shielding guidance for young people as well as decisions about the vaccination of teenagers and children, not just in the UK but internationally."
Professor Lorna Fraser of the University of York added that "even when we found higher risks for some groups with severe medical problems, these risks were still very small compared to risks seen in adults," explaining that people should know that COVID-19 risks for children "are very low."
Meanwhile, Dr. Elizabeth Whittaker of Imperial College London said that the researchers hope the "data will be reassuring for children and young people and their families."
In November, one UK researcher issued a warning that COVID-19 lockdowns are causing a spike in children harming themselves and drug overdoses among children.
"Children are a lost tribe in the pandemic. While they remain (for the most part) perplexingly immune to the health consequences of COVID-19, their lives and daily routines have been turned upside down," Dr. John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary wrote at the time.
Reader Comments
The only issue is those kids were the only ones smart enough to realize what a shit pile the adults handed them and so the dumbest have been left behind. Why is suicide bad? I did not ask to come into the world and then you want to stigmatize and criminalize someone who chooses their time to leave?
But is that China's fault? I see no proof of that; only MSM and government speak of China yet evidence has existed for 18-months that COVID-SARS was in global circulation as early as March of 2019, long before the 'Wuhan Lab Leak' theory.
Macron and Johnson and Biden and Trudeau and all the other tyrants are guilty as heck for the deaths noted here and there is proof of that.
So Epoch Times, quit trying to deflect blame for the deaths.