Most US kids have caught the coronavirus, antibody survey finds

Roughly two in every three children aged between one and four years old in the United States have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, according to a nationwide analysis. Infections in that age group increased more than in any other during the Omicron wave, which researchers say demonstrates the variant’s high transmissibility.

Although the analysis involved a small number of very young children, the results are consistent with the rapid rise in documented infections in that age-group, says Pamela Davis, a physician and medical researcher at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. To assess the scale of unrecorded infections, Clarke and her colleagues looked for the presence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in leftover blood samples taken during doctor visits between September 2021 and February 2022. The antibodies they looked for target a specific protein on the SARS-CoV-2 virus that is not present in the COVID-19 vaccines used in the United States — so they can tell that children gained immunity from infection, rather than vaccination.

Many factors could explain the increased infections in toddlers and preschoolers, says Clarke, including that children under five are not eligible for vaccination and might be less likely to wear masks or practice social distancing than older kids and adults.

dgurdasani1 Nature is using pre-prints now? That's sad. Scientists

dgurdasani1 This is the greatest failure of governments ever.

I hope all the 'children don't get Covid'-folks from 2020 are ashamed of themselves.

So what? My both kids had it. 4 days of a flu. Back to school. I repeat the question: so what?

How is an antibody survey conducted?

My heart breaks for the long-term health issues so many of these children will face from LongCOVID LongCOVIDKids.

Will these children forgive us for exposing them to this virus? What a disaster. LongCovidkids

US decides to throw big COVID party for kids and roll dice on long term health effects.

If only these kids required to wear masks 🤦‍♂️

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Did you test all the kids? I think not

This is a bogus take on a pre-print paper. Per actual (not extrapolated) data, 13.1 million children have contracted COVID. There are 73 Million kids in the US. Do the math! Propagating poor data fuels misinformation. ImmunizeUnder5s

Want more TD1? That’s a way to get T1D.

This was entirely preventable, and is an enormous crime committed by one generation on to another.

cheap_as_infree “The immunity generated from an infection could help to prevent future infections and serious illness in kids,” What? Jfc

BallouxFrancois in Salzburg Austria, official statistics show 78 official positive PCRs per 100 children. despite more than 2 years of Covid Kabuki

Is the SSRN paper peer-reviewed?

BallouxFrancois

BallouxFrancois Nothing. “we’re wondering what we should be doing to protect our children.”

the omicron spread madly. in China one infected go to toilet can make 40 healthy people who go to the same toilet infected. it's a tough war

doctorsoumya DrWoodcockFDA DrCaliff_FDA FDACBER You didn’t approve the Covaxin but you know/ knew that this true traditional inactivated wholevirus vaccine is more safe n effective than any other. If I could, i‘d fire you all for failing to provide assistance. COVAXIN BBV152 Ocugen

But....they stayed home from school, wore masks, and ate lunch outside in the rain? How can this possibly be?

Never had an inspection done before? Only now?

Taking into account the data in this study what would be the true fatality rate of SARSCoV2 ? covid19

Natural Immunity for the win!

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