Child COVIDiocy: Latest Data Shows 10% of CHILDREN with COVID become "Long Haulers" (i.e. "long COVID")

One of the most common refrains from antivaxxers about vaccinating children is "children don't need COVID jabs, because they don't get very sick even if they caught COVID". Take a look at JuliaHB1's tweet here just last week. She's a pretty famous talk show host in the UK. 

Children don't need Covid jabs, let alone boosters. And there's not a single study showing mask wearing in the real world has any effect at all. You used to be a journalist who looked at facts rather than virtue signalling to get approval. What happened to you?

— Julia Hartley-Brewer (@JuliaHB1) February 12, 2022

But latest round of science shows very worrying prospects for children who was infected with COVID: 10% of them became sufferers of "long COVID" that lasts months, even years, with symptoms such as rashes, heart palpitations, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, memory struggles, headaches... and more. And the numbers may be conservative. Numbers from Israel indicate 11.2%, and numbers from UK range from 12% to 15% depending on age group. Some doctors are estimating up to 20% of children infected by COVID may be suffering long COVID. 

The worst part about this is the long COVID symptoms typically start 30-days to 6 weeks AFTER the child recovers from mild COVID symptoms. And this data is PRE-OMICRON. We simply don't have enough data on how Omicron is affecting kids... other than hospitalization... and omicron in children accounted for 22% of all COVID hospitalizations in the US for the week ending Feb 10th. 

There is also the question of MIS-C, which is another rare but very serious post-COVID condition, with almost 7000 cases reported in the US, and killed 59, but so far we have not seen a corresponding increase due to omicron. 

CDC had also warned that post-COVID child is more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes, based on pre-Omicron data. 

While symptoms seem worse in older children, experts warn that younger children lack the ability to express nuanced distress or comfort. 

And you have "conservative" hosts denying that children need COVID vaccinations because symptoms are "mild". As a parent, would you not want your children to have EVERY layer of protection you can get, including vaccinations and masks? 

Don't be a COVIDiot. 

COVIDiocy Science: Why Catching COVID for Disease-Derived Immunity is a Bad Idea

Some COVID deniers such as Laura Loomer claimed that COVID is no worse than a stomach flu, and had stated publicly she wanted to catch it to prove it wasn't that bad. She got her wish in September 2021, and there has been no word whether she considers COVID better or worse than the stomach flu. 

But scientifically, this is a horrible idea... You should NOT try to catch COVID 'naturally'. 

First, you have a 1 in 62 chance of dying if you catch COVID. (45.5M cases and 738K deaths = 1/61.65)

Second, you have a chance of severe lasting damage from COVID known as "long COVID", which are not just physical, but also psychological and neurological. People have reported personality changes, such as anger issues, apathy, headache, fatigue, trouble breathing, loss of taste or smell, and more. 

Third, you may not get ANY immunity if you have a weak case of COVID. One-third of COVID-infected individuals (with positive tests) show NO antibodies 3 weeks later.  

Fourth, disease-derived immunity fades quickly. A full 28% of medical professionals who tested positive for COVID no longer show sufficient antibodies 2 months later.  

But now there is another thing to worry about... COVID can cause Type I diabetes, where the beta cells that produce insulin were weakened or destroyed by the virus. COVID death autopsies revealed that pancreatic beta cells that produce insulin were infected with the virus, and there's no reason to doubt that happens in the living as well. 

This is NOT a preview. This is TWO SEPARATE teams working on this issue, came to the same results. The paper has been peer-reviewed. This is real science. 

And Type I diabetes is the type where you need to get insulin injections multiple times a day. 

Keep in mind that even if you did catch a "minor" case of COVID, getting COVID vaccine means you are HALF as likely to catch COVID again than without the vaccine. 

Don't be a COVIDiot and deny the seriousness of COVID. You are taking chances with your body with potentially deadly consequences if you don't get the vaccine. 

Just get the COVID vaccine.