Category: MIS-C PIMS
Mass infection is not an option: we must do more to protect our young
As the third wave of the pandemic takes hold across England, the UK Government plans to further re-open the nation. More...
Max Planck: How coronavirus infection changes blood cells
Covid-19 significantly changes the size and stiffness of red and white blood cells – sometimes over months. More...
UK: BMJ letter – “we need an urgent focus on mitigations in schools” for Delta coronavirus variant
“On the 17 May 2021, the UK government removed the requirement for face coverings in secondary schools in England. More...
UK: Dominic Cummings – Herd Immunity was always the official coronavirus plan
38/”Media generally abysmal on covid but even I’ve been surprised by 1 thing: how many hacks have parroted Hancock’s line that ‘herd immunity wasn’t the plan’ when ‘herd immunity by Sep’ was *literally the official plan in all docs/graphs/meetings* until it was ditched
39/ Yes the media is often incompetent but something deeper is at work: much of SW1 was happy to believe Hancock’s bullshit that ‘it’s not the plan’ *so they didn’t have to face the shocking truth*. More...
Boris Johnson: “many more people will lose loved ones to coronavirus”
12th March 2020 – Boris Johnson: “many more people will lose loved ones to coronavirus” (Guardian). More...
12% of US children with COVID-19 coronavirus are hospitalized
Among a cohort of 20,714 US children with COVID-19, more than 1 in 10 were hospitalized, of whom 31.1% (756) had severe COVID-19, defined as requiring admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), mechanical ventilation, or comparable treatment. More...
Italian study: 66.6% of children of had at least one persisting coronavirus symptom between 60 & 120 days after infection (13 had one or two symptoms, 7 had three or more)
Twenty out of 30 children assessed between 60 and 120 days after initial COVID-19 had at least one persisting symptom. More...
More than 200 children in the Czech Republic have been diagnosed with coronavirus related PIMS
More than 200 children in the Czech Republic have been diagnosed with a rare condition that can occur several weeks after Covid-19, known as paediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome or PIMS-TS.
MIS-C syndrome attacking children one month after they are infected with the coronavirus
Spanish pediatricians have complied the most complete data about ‘multisystem inflammatory syndrome’ MIS-C (aka PIMS) which is a rare consequence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and causes critical inflammation
Children who, four to six weeks after having been infected with the coronavirus, would fall ill with continuous fever, general inflammation and other symptoms that put their lives at risk – despite having completely recovered from the initial infection. More...