[nck4222]

Coronavirus isn't like the flu in this regard, and is actually less severe the younger you are, including children.

No one under 10 has died from it, and only one person under 20. The mortality rate for people under 50 is about .2% (compared to 2.3% for all cases).

So far it's basically a logarithmic function of age.

The lung damage piece is obviously frightening, and we obviously still have a lot to learn about it as we're not sure why children are able to fend it off so easily yet.

[baq]

The point is that potentially quite a few kids are about to lose one or both parents this year, much more than baseline.