An older study, showing 97% seroprevalence in Delhi.

The twist: this was BEFORE Omicron

Children, before vaccination, had nearly as much seroprevalence- indicating that most of them were already infected BEFORE Omicron hit India.

The best part: 3rd wave didn’t harm kids.

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We have observed that in Kerala too, where Omicron caused massive levels of infection – but hospitals did not get overwhelmed, and children DID NOT get severe disease.

MIS-C was far rarer than in previous (smaller) waves.

No cases of liver failure either, among millions.

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Long COVID too has not been a problem here, for the millions of infections that happened. I have trained over 6000 school principals in Kerala (over 1/3).

This gives me a good grassroots level feel for what’s happening on the ground, plus regular inputs from pediatricians.

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In my constant interactions, the impact of long covid among children is minimal, at most. I had regularly tweeted these updates prior, after each session.

Gastroenterology fraternity, who cover the whole state, with all the liver transplant centers, has not had one case yet.

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Up until now, none of my peers (Gastroenterology/Hepatology) have treated a young child with possible “Omicron related” liver failure.

(And this, from an area where several million children had Omicron infection)

Paediatricians concur. They haven’t seen such cases either.

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While I cannot vouch for cases that never reached these centers, I can say Kerala’s healthcare access is exemplary, and this gives a reasonable idea of how rare these conditions are in this part of the globe.

I will update if more information
comes in.

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The link to the report on high seroprevalence👇

Will tag @adamhfinn who has been one of the sane voices from Britain.

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