Children's mortality from COVID-19 compared with all-deaths and other relevant causes of death: epidemiological information for decision-making by parents, teachers, clinicians and policymakers

Measures to maintain regular operations and prevent outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 in childcare facilities or schools under pandemic conditions and co-circulation of other respiratory pathogens

“… a lower frequency of infection [ 1 ], [ 2 ], [ 3 ], [ 4 ], [ 5 ] (some, but by far not all studies were conducted during the lockdown, which is a methodological limitation); a lower average severity of disease and associated with this; a significantly lower risk of the most serious, including fatal, courses; from CoVID-19 [ 6 ], [ 7 ], [ 8 ], [ 9 ], [ 10 ], [ 11 ], [ 12 ], [ 13 ], [ 14 ], [ 15 ], [ 16 ], [ 17 ], [ 18 ], [ 19 ], [ 20 ], [ 21 ], [ 22 ], [ 23 ], [ 24 ]. …”

Disease and age‐related inequalities in paediatric research, funding and communication: Lessons from the COVID‐19 pandemic

“…Children are simply forgotten and hidden by COVID‐19, unless they are involved in a medically interestingly pandemic‐related condition. Bhopal et al 9 evaluated children's mortality from COVID‐19 compared with all‐deaths and other relevant causes of death. They examined age‐specific data on COVID‐19 deaths that had been collated from official government sources for seven countries up to 8‐19 May 2020: USA, UK, Italy, Germany, Spain, France and Korea.…”

Risks to children during the covid-19 pandemic: some essential epidemiology

“…Results were similar for each country. We are regularly updating a data table including deaths by age categories and country, and we welcome feedback (https://tinyurl.com/child-covid; this table and fuller details also in press6).…”