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Kids More Likely to Die From Flu or Pneumonia Than COVID-19

  • June 23, 2020

As schools debate when to return to regular classrooms — or whether — statistics show that those under age 25 are more likely to die from flu or pneumonia than COVID-19. Specifically, children between 5 and 14 have a 1 in 200,000 chance of dying of influenza, but only a 1 in 2.5 million chance of dying from COVID-19. Toddlers ages 1 to 4 are 20 times more likely to die from flu. SOURCES: Twitter Avik Roy June 22, 2020 FreOpp May 18, 2020