The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that around one in 15 children in school years seven to 11 in England are estimated to have had Covid in the week to Oct 2 – the highest positivity rate for any age group.Government data show that more than 204,000 pupils were absent from school on Sep 30 for Covid-related reasons.
That's a pretty staggering figure. If the bubble system had been still in operation, would there have been any classes left in school?
Also came across these links, seems children aren't at higher risk from Delta, which is good news.
Delta does not appear to make children sicker;
https://www.reuters.com/business/hea...er-2021-10-08/
Illness characteristics of COVID-19 in children infected with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1....06.21264467v1
data confirm that COVID-19 in UK school-aged children is usually of short duration and similar symptom burden, whether due to Delta or Alpha
...and an interesting paper on differing immune response between those who were solely vaccinated vs those vaccinated after infection.
"Secondary immune response stronger after infection than after shot":
Anti-SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain antibody evolution after mRNA vaccination
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04060-7