1/ So yesterday, the @washingtonpost, always looking for a good panic porn headline, offers this, about #COVID and children.

Interesting, since nearly every bit of data suggests kids are at roughly zero risk.

Let's see what the article actually says: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/new-dc-hospital-numbers-suggest-kids-do-face-some-risk-of-coronavirus-hospitalization/2020/04/25/5e78c268-86fe-11ea-878a-86477a724bdb_story.html

2/ The DC metro area has a population of 6 million; Children's Hospital Washington is the leading pediatric center. In almost six weeks, it has seen 105 COVID patients. 28 were hospitalized, fewer than one a day...

3/ Yep - that's 27 percent requiring hospitalization "since March"! (How to lie while you tell the truth.) One quarter, or seven, have been in the ICU. None have died.

And, oh yeah, these aren't actually children at all. They're defined as being up to 25...

4/ And as the hospital's infectious disease chief acknowledged: "Particularly in the critically ill group, it’s the kids over 15, so the older age group."

(At least the truth is in the article, for anyone who bothers to read it...)