ER pediatrician/epidemiologist to me, when I asked about long-term effects on children of catching #Covid19 & if they were seeing anything in the ER: "So far what we are seeing is the occasional case of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MISC)... cont'd

..Pediatric ER doc: "What I suspect is that in 40 years, we will see that hearts are wearing out earlier than expected and all those kids with what was believed to be mild or asymptomatic Covid actually suffered heart damage...." cc #COVID19BC

.."There is some evidence of this from MRI studies of athletes post COVID. I don’t think Covid is an illness anyone should take lightly at any age." https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2775372

.."First studies suggested myocarditis as high as 15%, the last study was 3%. That could be too low but even 3% isn’t good, and that is just one issue of so many.." Given this, any herd immunity strategy in children is indefensible (whole thread) https://twitter.com/JoannaTeglund/status/1379169617441128448?s=20