Just 25 Under-18s Died From Covid in England Up Until February, New Data Shows – Figures Much Higher for Suicide and Trauma

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As the Government assesses the pros and cons of vaccinating children, new data has revealed that just 25 under-18s in England died from the virus between March 2020 and February 2021. This equates to an absolute risk of one in 481,000. In the same period, 124 children died from suicide and 268 died from trauma. The researchers conclude that lockdown “may prove a greater risk than… SARS-CoV-2 itself”. The MailOnline has the story.

Young people with pre-existing medical conditions, like heart disease and cancer, and severe disability, which can include cerebral palsy and autism, have a higher chance of becoming seriously ill from the virus.

But the scientists – from three top British universities – said this risk is no higher than the risk from flu.

Teenagers, black and obese children were also at higher risk from dying with Covid but these numbers were still very low, they found. 

Researchers said their findings – which were published in three separate papers today – will help inform vaccine and shielding policy for under-18s.

They will submit the studies to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the Department for Health and the World Health Organisation. …

The studies were led by researchers at University College London, the University of York and the University of Liverpool.

One of the studies is the first to determine the number of children who died from Covid rather than with the virus. It concluded that the virus killed 25 children in England. 

The coronavirus contributed to 0.8% of the 3,105 deaths in children from all causes in the first year of the pandemic. 

During the same period, 124 children died from suicide, while 268 died from trauma, showing that Covid “is rarely fatal” in children, the researchers said.

They found the under-18s who died were more likely to be teenagers than younger children, showing that the risk from the virus increases with age.

Higher proportions of Asian and black children died from the virus but these deaths were “still extremely rare”, they said. 

More than 75% of the children who died had chronic conditions, while two-thirds had more than one underlying condition and 60% had life-limiting conditions.

Six of the children who died were not recorded as having an underlying health problem, but the scientists said they may have had undiagnosed illnesses. 

The paper states that the “extremely low” risk of death means removing children from their normal activities like school and social events “may prove a greater risk than that of SARS-CoV-2 itself”. 

A second study found that 251 young people in England were admitted to intensive care with Covid from March 2020 to February this year, which equates to around a one in 50,000 risk.

Of these patients, 91% had one or more underlying health conditions. 

They also found one in 2,000 were admitted to hospital with Covid, equating to almost 6,000 children. …

A third study, which was led by Dr Rachel Harwood at the University of Liverpool, supported the findings of the other papers.

The researchers found that of the children admitted to hospital with Covid, those at the highest risk of severe illness or death are teenagers, have heart or brain conditions, two or more underlying condition, or are obese.

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Bella Donna
Bella Donna
5 years ago

If you want proof covid is a bioweapon purposely manufactured by Fauci and released upon humanity for profit look no further than this video. They have been trying to ‘vaccinate’ us for decades, the influenza vaccine didn’t work so they’ve gone for terrorizing the population into taking the mRNA jab through a false pandemic which has been manufactured by false positives! Its been in the making since 2002! They make the ‘vaccine’ and have it patented BEFORE the pandemic. If this doesn’t make Nuremburg II there is no hope for humanity.

https://brandnewtube.com/watch/a-manufactured-illusion-dr-david-martin-with-reiner-fuellmich-9-7-21_hPChWe1no7nxGDM.html

IanC
IanC
5 years ago

This is a must watch video from a UK teacher who reisigned because of stupid COVID policies and the effects he can see they are having on his and other pupils/kids all over.
Absolutely broke my heart. We simply cannot afford to lose teachers like this. These people are prescious and extremely rare jewels in our system, being destroyed and discarded by a bunch of bureaucratic morons who really ought to know better.
I bet the kids loved being taught by this man.
What has become of us? allowing all this Bollox to happen to our kids for Gods sake?
https://odysee.com/@hugotalks:8/UK-Teacher-QUITS-Over-MASKS-And-Experimental-JAB:2?src=earn_unauth

Glynthepin
Glynthepin
5 years ago

If this does not illustrate the wickedness of lockdowns I really don’t know what will.

Beefbeefbeef
Beefbeefbeef
5 years ago

For a full and informative analysis of “with covid” deaths by age and underlying condition head over the NHS England statistics page. There is a great excel table showing a breakdown of covid deaths by age and underlying condition e.g. only 700 under 60s with no underlying conditions have died with covid – so why does everyone have to lock down??!!.

It’s the single biggest source of information which has convinced me the “lockdown everyone” approach is the wrong approach:

Statistics » COVID-19 Daily Deaths (england.nhs.uk)

Bella Donna
Bella Donna
5 years ago
Reply to  Beefbeefbeef

The media are tools of the government. The evil monsters behind this planned to use the media to carry out their terrorising the public, they could not have don’t it without them.

MTF
MTF
5 years ago
Reply to  Beefbeefbeef

I think the response is that we locked down so that only 700 under 60s with no underlying conditions have died with covid .

imp66
imp66
5 years ago

“Leave them kids alone!”

tom171uk
tom171uk
5 years ago

‘Researchers suggest that lockdown “may prove a greater risk than… SARS-CoV-2 itself”.’

No shit Sherlock. Did it really require research to establish a statement of the bleedin’ obvious?

MTF
MTF
5 years ago

Something weird about these figures. The normal suicide rate for age 15-19 is about 6.7 pa . There are about 2.9 million children in England aged between15 and 18. From which it appears to follow there about 200 suicides a year between the ages of 15 and 18 alone. How come there were only 124 from March 20 to Feb 21? Do lockdowns reduce child suicide?

Rowan
Rowan
5 years ago
Reply to  MTF

More lockdowns please!

KidFury
KidFury
5 years ago
Reply to  MTF

Probably. They reduced everything.

Susan
Susan
5 years ago

How about:
Horrific Cases of Suicides and Trauma in Under 18s Vastly Outnumber the Few Instances of Covid Deaths Claimed by PCR.

MTF
MTF
5 years ago
Reply to  Susan

However, as I posted here, the number of child suicides was actually much lower than usual (I don’t know about trauma) and the point of lockdowns was to reduce Covid deaths.

Rowan
Rowan
5 years ago
Reply to  MTF

….and the point of lockdowns was to reduce Covid deaths.

Of course it was!

dhid
dhid
5 years ago
Reply to  Susan

That would be a perfect headline but would probably only happen if the child of a MSM editor or executive committed suicide, and then it might gain some traction.

Bella Donna
Bella Donna
5 years ago
Reply to  Susan

They don’t care how many deaths are caused, to these monsters that’s a bonus. Its a about time people stopped being scared and got furious instead!

milesahead
milesahead
5 years ago

Died ‘with’, not ‘from’!

William Gruff
William Gruff
5 years ago
Reply to  milesahead

And there is no proof of that, merely a probably inaccurate test result.

peyrole
peyrole
5 years ago

But you see, the argument isn’t about whether youngsters die of covid, its a combination of the little buggers being a ‘reservoir’ for the virus and so we ( the at risk adults) need them to be vaccinated so they can’t give it us; and protecting them from the horrors of long covid.
Would you let your child infect granny and see her die? Shame on you!
They have absolutely no recognition of the risks from the vaccination for children or adults. They just don’t read what we read, and the BBC/SKY don’t tell them, certainly not Whitty/Valance. They just read/listen to the story that they have to be vaccinated to get ‘population immunity’ to at least 80% for any chance of normal life.
At least 50% of the population is stone deaf to the facts.

bluemonkey
bluemonkey
5 years ago

I bet the figure is closer to 0 if it were possible to adjust for the PCR test inaccuracy

chaos
chaos
5 years ago

Most common cause of death in men under 30 is suicide and car accident. About the same for each.

So it won’t be just 18 year olds.

steve_w
steve_w
5 years ago

Zoe new asymptomatic cases dropped for the second day in a row.

whatever you think of the data, Zoe predicts accurately the cases/REACT etc data that the government actually looks at

could be a blip – but one day it won’t be

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RickH
RickH
5 years ago
Reply to  steve_w

Zoe data = dodgy data. Don’t quote it as authoritative.

steve_w
steve_w
5 years ago
Reply to  RickH

I’m not

BeBopRockSteady
BeBopRockSteady
5 years ago
Reply to  steve_w

Scotland cases have halfed in a week. So could be a sign that the numbers are in fact peaking. It is summer after all. And cases are noise of course.

steve_w
steve_w
5 years ago

I don’t know of course – but I expect it to peak. There can be barely anyone left who hasn’t had it. Unsurprisingly the young are out and about enjoying themselves – and this ‘summer cold’ is going through them.

There’s literally nothing to see. But if it peaks then the government might not shit themselves and order another lockdown.

Manjushri
Manjushri
5 years ago

Waiting for Imperial Gates College to advise that the covid injections will in all probability reduce the risk of suicide and trauma amongst young people.

OKUK
OKUK
5 years ago

That 91% figure – the 9% were probably obese but had never been diagnosed as such. The third study kind of confirms that by the sound of it.

CynicalRealist
CynicalRealist
5 years ago
Reply to  OKUK

Simply being obese isn’t likely to make Covid fatal or cause very serious illness in that age group – likely to be something far more serious.

TheyLiveAndWeLockdown
TheyLiveAndWeLockdown
5 years ago

Fiji Decides to enforce medical Apartheid.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-07-jabs-job-fiji-vaccine-compulsory.html

Make sure you avoid anything Fijian. Protest their rugby team.

NonCompliant
NonCompliant
5 years ago

How many had underlying health conditions ? 95% ?

steve_w
steve_w
5 years ago
Reply to  NonCompliant

talking about adults rather than children…

100% of adults that died of covid had an underlying condition. you don’t die of a cold if you are healthy. ‘propensity to die of a cold’ is an underlying condition in my opinion

crisisgarden
crisisgarden
5 years ago

As we should all know, the reason that not many children die ‘of Covid’ is that not many children die.

FrankFisher
FrankFisher
5 years ago

There is NO justification for vaccinating healthy children, it’s a flat lie to claim there is, simply a flat lie. The risks are non-existent, the risks from the vaccines are significant and every single day we learn of more unexpected risks. Myocarditis is now acknowledged as a risk by the MHRA and the FDA, and no one on the Establishment side can suggest what the mechanism for this linkage might be.

J4mes
J4mes
5 years ago

I don’t need to study graphs and charts to know what my own eyes have been telling me for 17 months. I’ve said on LS previously that I do not know anyone who has been ill with covid let alone die of it, and that is still the case. I occasionally hear about someone who knows someone that got ill, but still no one who died of it.

On the other hand, the tally of people dying of other reasons continues to click up. It’s usually devastating to lose one friend or family member, but we’ve lost 4 close family friends to strokes and heart attacks – one of them we know had the jab only a week before dying.

I know of 2 people that killed themselves. My nephew’s 21 year old brother in law hung himself late last year and my brother’s neighbour killed himself in a horrendous act of dropping himself onto an active chainsaw.

There’s no punishment suitable for the politicians, their handlers and their collaborators that meets the measurement of their crimes.

BeBopRockSteady
BeBopRockSteady
5 years ago

The coverage this is getting is encouraging.

1984imminent
1984imminent
5 years ago

Is this article good news, in a way? Assuming the mainstream media is rigidly controlled by the government, as many of us on here believe it is, are articles like this showing a change in the narrative, that news like this (which many of us knew all along) is now “allowed” to come through? Not so long ago, articles like this would have been blocked by the government spin machine. Is the government beginning a long overdue reversal of the narrative?

huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
5 years ago
Reply to  1984imminent

Absolutely NO.

RickH
RickH
5 years ago
Reply to  1984imminent

“Assuming the mainstream media is rigidly controlled by the government”

Wrong assumption. It’s much worse than that : there is a process of willing co-option.

iane
iane
5 years ago

Died from or with? Do keep up!

miketa1957
miketa1957
5 years ago

Fascinating how the Mail presents a fairly straightforward and unslanted summary of the data (whether you agree with what is reported is a separate issue). The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/09/first-year-of-pandemic-claimed-lives-of-25-youngsters-in-england is much more oh-my-God with no comparisons to other causes.

Then https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jul/08/nicola-sturgeon-warns-against-treating-young-people-like-covid-guinea-pigs Sturgeon warns against treating young people like guinea pigs. What? I thought, she is not keen on vaccinating them? Ahh, no, silly me. We must not allow them to get infected by lifting restrictions. Should have known.

realarthurdent
realarthurdent
5 years ago
Reply to  miketa1957

The Guardian seems to believe that no-one in the world died at all, of anything, until March 2020.

CynicalRealist
CynicalRealist
5 years ago
Reply to  miketa1957

So letting people catch a virus which is of very little risk to their demographic is “treating them like Guinea pigs”, but coercing most of the population to participate in a clinical trial isn’t? Right. Got it.

Typical arse-about-face twisting of the situation which is to be expected from the Guardian, unfortunately.

DanClarke
DanClarke
5 years ago
huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
5 years ago
Reply to  DanClarke

Indeed. A first class article although the conclusions, though entirely reasonable, are deeply depressing.

crisisgarden
crisisgarden
5 years ago

Strongly recommend that everyone who is opposed to children receiving potentially lethal experimental gene therapy in order to prevent them from catching a cold uses the data this article alludes to in the Notices of Liability they send to their children’s schools, medical centres etc. This has to be confronted.

Winston Smith
Winston Smith
5 years ago

Kill them all, better to safe than sorry 🙂

miketa1957
miketa1957
5 years ago
Reply to  Winston Smith

Yup. 100% guaranteed to stop infection spreading.

Cecil B
Cecil B
5 years ago

If it shuts up Michie then jabbing children will have been well worth it

iane
iane
5 years ago
Reply to  Cecil B

Hmm?

HeresJohnny
HeresJohnny
5 years ago
Reply to  iane

Sarcasm

realarthurdent
realarthurdent
5 years ago

“new data has revealed that just 25 under-18s in England died from the virus between March 2020 and February 2021. “

Not from the virus. WITH A POSITIVE TEST. Not the same thing at all.

There was a study done last August which looked at deaths in children with COVID and the outcome was that not one of the very small number of children who died with COVID was not already seriously ill with some other condition.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/all-children-who-died-of-covid-19-were-already-seriously-ill-jlxr8mkxq

And if we look at all deaths with COVID on the death certificate in 2020, only 0.02% of those deaths were in the under 20s.

There is NO justification for vaccinating the under 20s against COVID-19. NONE. That is even before we get into all of the already established risks of adverse effects from the vaccines.

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vlysander
vlysander
5 years ago
Reply to  realarthurdent

Excactly, they are still reporting on data from the PCR test which anyone awake knows is a complete lie. They are simply framing covid as the cause of death for people who are dying of other illnesses. Its a fraud.

Rogerborg
Rogerborg
5 years ago
Reply to  realarthurdent

Thank, Arthur, saves me ranting about it. Language matters, it controls thoughts. “From” is not the same as “with”, and I have no doubt that these were all seriously sick children who tested positive for Kung Flu after admission for the thing that really killed them, thanks to nurses TikToking rather than washing their hands.

leicestersq
leicestersq
5 years ago
Reply to  realarthurdent

This underlines the point that natural infection for young people IS the best vaccination that there can be. We need to enhance the spread amongst younger people.

And by younger, I am thinking anyone under 70 who is fit is better off with Covid than the vaccine.

miketa1957
miketa1957
5 years ago
Reply to  leicestersq

I was about to say, same for 60-something year old, then I saw “under 70”. So, Yes!

Susan
Susan
5 years ago
Reply to  realarthurdent

Is there any justification for vaccinating anyone?

realarthurdent
realarthurdent
5 years ago
Reply to  Susan

I don’t think so. For people under 60, there is no need. For people older than that, the prophylactics and treatments, if used properly, will achieve a far better result – with hardly any side-effects – than these so-called vaccines.

RickH
RickH
5 years ago

References to the actual studies?

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