At 21:37 07/03/2020, Thomas Cox wrote:
>It does look bad for we old blokes and thus far it does seem that
>children are unusually well protected - but then I would be on
>death's door before I would seek medical attention and children may
>be getting brought in far sooner than that by their anxious parents.
>So maybe it is a matter of how soon treatment begins?
The 'zero' number of deaths for children under 10y does seem very
surprising, particularly given that one would normally expect the
very young (babies/infants) to be particularly vulnerable - so I have
to wonder how 'real'/true this really is.
However, it's not just the deaths. I haven't yet found any remotely
up-to-date information on the age distribution of 'cases', but
figures I've seen from a while ago suggest that only about 1%, or
less, cases were <10y. Nevertheless, that still represents a
substantial number of childhood cases, so I would have expected to
have seen at least some deaths.
As for your suggestion, with many diseases I'm sure you're right -
since early presentation and treatment will often lead to a more
favourable outcome. However, since there is no definitive treatment
for this illness (only 'supportive' management/treatment), I would
not have expected that to be such a major factor - certainly not
major enough to eliminate/avoid all of what otherwise would have been deaths.
Kind Regards,
John
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