DISINFO: 'Miracle of miracles': children do not get ill and do not die from coronavirus
SUMMARY
This virus is a miracle of miracles. Children do not die, do not get ill, do not end up in intensive care. This is confirmed by American statistics, according to which people under 20 years old do not get hospitalised.
RESPONSE
Disinformation about the coronavirus, which creates a potentially harmful illusion that people under 20 years old do not get affected, at least not severely, by COVID-19.
Even though it is true that infections in individuals under the age of 19 tend to be mild, a report published by the American Center for Disease Control and Prevention on 6 April 2020 states that severe outcomes have also been reported in children, including three deaths. Even in Russia, a report published by Russian Pediatricians Union on 16 April 2020 cites that as of April 12, 10 children were hospitalised with severe respiratory infection from COVID-19. For more information, read further debunking on Polygraph.