Per CDC, children’s hospitalization rates for ordinary flu are much higher than they are for Covid. In any case the issue is moot because Covid is no longer a US epidemic per CDC chart-CDC.gov, 7/3/20

From CDC, for children (0-17 years) hospitalization rates for Covid are much lower than hospitalization rates for ordinary influenza. CDC chart posted below: 

July 3, 2020, “CovidView Weekly Summary,” cdc.gov 

(subhead) “Key points” 

(scroll down): “For children (0-17 years), cumulative COVID-19 hospitalization rates are much lower than cumulative influenza hospitalization rates at comparable time points* during recent influenza seasons….“*Number of weeks since 10% of specimens tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza, respectively.”…
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Added: Covid epidemic in US has ended as CDC chart below makes clear: 

July 3, 2020, “CovidView Weekly Summary,” cdc.gov 

CDC chart below: Lower left of chart in 2018 when no epidemic existed is labeled “Epidemic Threshold.” Follow red line across to right side of chart to July 2020. The red line today is in the same place it was with no epidemic in 2018:
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(To see this chart, scroll to near end of page): “Mortality surveillance:” 

“The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) collects death certificate data from vital statistics offices for all deaths occurring in the United States. Based on death certificate data available on July 2, 2020, 5.9% of all deaths occurring during the week ending June 27, 2020 (week 26) were due to [one of three causes:] pneumonia, influenza or COVID-19 (PIC). This is the tenth consecutive week of a declining percentage of deaths due to PIC. The percentage is equal to the epidemic threshold of 5.9% for week 26.” 

Translation of “Epidemic threshold:" Point when it’s no longer an epidemic, as is clearly visible on above CDC chart. According to CDC chart, US “epidemic” today  equals 2018.
 
At top of page: “Key Updates for Week 26, ending June 27, 2020″… 

“Mortality attributed to COVID-19 decreased compared to last week and is currently at the epidemic threshold.”…

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Comment: 

 



“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?”….If CDC data stunningly makes clear that the 2020 US epidemic is over, but no one in authority acknowledges it, if the NY Times doesn’t cheer the news, headlining it on the front page above the fold, does it mean the data didn’t happen? Does it mean the world won’t know the truth?...image credit




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