A valid criticism would be that some kids will have fatigue even without new viral infections. True! From the same paper:
prevalence in CYP pre-pandemic: specifically, 21.5% for fatigue
means that 61.6% rate is really 40.1/78.5 = 51.1%, so just over 50% new onset fatigue in children and young people, after SARS-CoV-2.
To me, 51.1% is not much less worrying than 61.6%!
Another valid criticism: the immune landscape has changed since this sample: many kids have had boosters and infections
Yes true! But this is fatigue - if boosters bring the rate from 50% down to 25% or even 10% or 5% that is not enough! 👉 A 1 in 10 or 1 in 20 chance of fatigue per infection is only acceptable if the rate of infection is far below the currently expected ⚠️ 14-42 SARS-CoV-2 infections per child ⚠️ from attending pre-K to grade 12 in person at 1-3 infections/year.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-24868-x
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