This is true for the much-worried-over Delta variant. It is also true for all the other variants, and for the original strain. Most remarkably, it has been known to be true since the very earliest days of the pandemic — indeed it was among the very first things we did know about the disease. The preliminary mortality data from China was very clear: To children, COVID-19 represented only a vanishingly tiny threat of death, hospitalization, or severe disease.
The Kids Were Safe the Whole Time
Why we should rethink COVID safety protocols for children — and everyone else.
But to bureaucrats Covid-19 was the chance of a lifetime and the temptation was too great.