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		PragmaticPulp on July 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Covid: Children's extremely low risk confirmed by ... 4% versus 2% in the longer term study. > Although this is pure randomness with such close measurements. That's not how this works at scale. We need larger studies, yes, but you can't simply dismiss a doubling of long-term symptom reports. At population scale, even a 1-2% incidence means millions of people.

unishark on July 10, 2021 | [–]

It is pretty weak though. There were only 109 seropositive kids in the follow-up according to the table, so you're talking about 2 more kids reporting a cough or headache as the entire basis of your concern.

anoncake on July 10, 2021 | [–]

There is no doubling here – only random noise.

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