By The Numbers

 

• The leading cause of death in children in the US is accidents, the CDC says
• A total of 3,343 children 19 and under lost their lives in traffic accidents in 2019
• Almost 4,000 children die of fatal accidental drownings every year
• During lockdown, emergency rooms in the US experienced a rise of almost 50percent suspected suicide attempts in teenage girls aged 12 to 17 
• Young and healthy people tend to experience less threatening symptoms than adults with underlying conditions, according to the CDC
• The figures emerged amid arguments over vaccine mandates for kids in California, which wants all public school children over 12 to have the shot  
• 498 children under the age of 19 died of(from) Covid in 2019 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10057835/Latest-official-figures-498-children-killed-COVID-pandemic-began.html