There are many medical uncertainties swirling around the COVID-19 story, but one widely accepted observation has been that children are among the least affected, both in number and
symptom severity. At least until recently. In the
United Kingdom, elsewhere in
Europe and in a handful of locations in the U.S. (including
New York,
New Haven,
Los Angeles and the
San Francisco Bay Area), reports are surfacing of a pediatric inflammatory syndrome that many are rushing to blame on COVID-19. New York State has attributed the deaths of
up to five children to the mystery ailment that, in some cases, has resulted in multisystem organ failure.
The potpourri of symptoms "striking
newborns and teenagers alike" has prompted clinicians to draw comparisons to the rare childhood inflammatory condition called Kawasaki disease (KD) as well as to toxic shock syndrome (a condition resulting from poisoning by bacterial toxins). Years before COVID-19 came on the scene, the CDC estimated that about
5,450 children, primarily under age five, are hospitalized for KD each year in the U.S. — the equivalent of about 15 every day. While rare compared to other childhood diseases, KD attracts concern as the leading cause of pediatric
acquired coronary artery disease, with life-threatening aneurysms being a possible outcome.
Comment: Haydon sounds like a cult member, singing the praises of the cult even while it's doing him obvious damage. And remember that the above are only the acute symptoms of the vaccine. Who knows what the long term effects will be.
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