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# Things That Make Me Go Hmm
- URL: https://goodoil.news/things-that-make-me-go-hmm-239/
- Published: 2022-01-13T21:04:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-01-13T21:05:25.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: COVID-19, Media, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:12

The [Headline from *Newshub* ](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/01/about-3-pct-of-young-people-with-covid-19-experience-severe-outcomes-study.html?ref=goodoil.news)states:

#### “About 3 pct of young people with COVID-19 experience severe outcomes – study”

This headline would make the average person believe that about 3 per cent of young people with COVID-19 experience severe outcomes.

The study actually looked at “*What proportion of SARS-CoV-2–positive youths tested in *emergency departments (ED)* experience severe outcomes*”.

> The study **only** covered youths that presented to an emergency department.

This means youths that are already sick enough to go to the emergency department, **not all youths testing positive as** the article suggests.

As an aside, most presenting at the ED would probably be because of comorbidities.

The study even says “*As recruitment of study participants took place in EDs, our findings overestimate the risk of severe outcomes among SARS-CoV-2-positive youths and *should not be interpreted to reflect the risk faced by community-based cases**”. The study also says “*The proportion of SARS-CoV-2–negative youths who experienced severe outcomes within 14 days *did not differ* from that among the 3221 SARS-CoV-2–positive youths*”. So, youths still had a 3% chance of severe outcomes even if they didn’t have covid.

The *Newshub* article also says “*Among the youth who tested positive for COVID-19, 2510 were not hospitalised and experienced severe outcomes within two weeks of leaving the emergency department.*” leading you to believe 2510 youths had severe outcomes. The study says “*Among the 2510 SARS-CoV-2–positive youths discharged home from the ED index visit…*Twelve children (0.5%*; 95% CI, 0.3%-0.8%) had severe outcomes and none died (1-sided 97.5% CI, 0%-0.2%)*”. This is very different to what the article led you to believe.

The headline the Canadian Press used for the same story was:

#### “Children at low risk of developing severe outcomes from COVID-19 infection: study”.

References:

- [jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2787931](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2787931?ref=goodoil.news)
- [ucalgary.ca/news/international-study-identifies-predictors-severe-outcomes-children-covid-19-0](https://ucalgary.ca/news/international-study-identifies-predictors-severe-outcomes-children-covid-19-0?ref=goodoil.news)

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