MSNBC: The coronavirus has killed an estimated 1,300 babies in Brazil since the beginning of the pandemic, even though there’s overwhelming evidence that Covid-19 rarely kills young children.
Brazilian 🇧🇷 children—even babies—are dying of #COVID19. Comparing excess of deaths by unspecified ARS during pandemic, & found 10x more deaths than past years—estimates that #SARSCoV2 in fact killed 2,060 🇧🇷 children <9 years old, including 1,302 babies. https://t.co/KiGjTHffKw
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) April 15, 2021
While data from the Health Ministry suggest that over 800 children under age 9 have died of Covid-19, including about 500 babies, experts say the real death toll is higher because cases are underreported because of a lack of widespread coronavirus testing, according to the BBC, which first reported the story.
An alarmingly high number of babies and children are dying of Covid-19 in Brazil https://t.co/HK6se9z7Eq via @NBCLatino
— Isabela Espadas Barros Leal (@isabela_espadas) April 15, 2021
Dr. Fatima Marinho of the University of São Paolo, a leading epidemiologist who is a senior adviser to the international non-governmental organization Vital Strategies, estimated that the virus has killed 2,060 children under 9, including 1,302 babies. Her estimate is based on the number of excess deaths from an unspecified acute respiratory syndrome during the pandemic.
There is a misconception that children are at zero risk for Covid-19, Marinho told the BBC after she found that there have been 10 times more deaths from an unexplained respiratory syndrome over the past year compared to previous years.
Marinho added that, throughout her research, she has seen a rise in cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome among Brazilian children. The rare syndrome is a newly identified and serious health condition associated with the virus that causes Covid-19 infections. It tends to affect children up to six weeks after they are infected with the coronavirus.
Brazil has become the country with the second-highest number of Covid-19 deaths, more than 361,000 since the pandemic began, the most in the world after the United States.
Médecins Sans Frontières, or Doctors Without Borders in English, said Thursday that the government’s “failed response” to the pandemic had led to thousands of avoidable deaths.
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Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator.
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