Opinion: Controlled studies ease worries of widespread long Covid in kids

Uncertainty about the effect of Covid-19 on children is gradually being replaced by reassuring news.
First, severe complications from Covid-19 are extremely rare in those under age 18. In Connecticut and Massachusetts, the states where we practice medicine, far fewer than 1% of those under age 18 diagnosed Covid have needed to be hospitalized, and that number is declining. Vaccines have proven immensely effective against the virus, in children and teens as well as in adults. This is grounds for relief, and even celebration. Read the rest…