It seems like the rates mentioned are relative to population. Did I miss in the PDF if there is an estimate for the rate of hospitalization compared to the rate of infection? Should the presumption be that the increase in the hospitalization is due to the increase in the total number of infections?
>weekly pediatric hospitalizations peaked at 7.1 per 100,000 children, which is about four times higher than delta's peak rate of 1.8 per 100,000.
Maybe more than .0007%? You are orders of magnitude more likely to be struck by lightning over the course of your lifetime than to be hospitalized by COVID as a child [0].
7.1 in 100k is 0.0071%, not 0.00071%, off by a factor of 10.
Your lightning strike source states your lifetime chances are "1 in 15,300", which is slightly less likely than 7.1 in 100k (= 1 in 14,084), so, you are more likely to be hospitalized by COVID as a child right now than be struck by lightning over the course of your lifetime.
Personally I wouldn't want any of the children in life to be hospitalized with COVID or struck by lighting, which is why we take precautions regarding COVID and don't let children play outside in thunderstorms.
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0. https://www.erieinsurance.com/blog/struck-by-lightning
Your lightning strike source states your lifetime chances are "1 in 15,300", which is slightly less likely than 7.1 in 100k (= 1 in 14,084), so, you are more likely to be hospitalized by COVID as a child right now than be struck by lightning over the course of your lifetime.
Personally I wouldn't want any of the children in life to be hospitalized with COVID or struck by lighting, which is why we take precautions regarding COVID and don't let children play outside in thunderstorms.