So the USA has seen deaths in children at the rate of about 1 in every 13500 recorded child covid cases.
If Australia has say 7.5 million folk under the age of 18 we could IMO expect with continued vaccination rollout a very small amount of child deaths.
And let's assume a crazy (unlikely?) number of 15% of all Aus children infected in the next 12 months (again a rough calculated guess) 1,125,000 cases. Using the USA figures we could assume a possible 83 deaths.
But then we must consider our vaccination rate, ability to identify at risk cases early, improved patient management learnings and more available medications.
Children are in an enviable position to best survive the current covid wave.
Folk creating narratives around this issue in order to bash others and create fear is IMO for the great part politically driven.
The above are my own calculations, happy for them to be corrected if wrong as I make no claim to them being entirely accurate.
